Newport (Welsh: Casnewydd; [kasˈnɛwɨð]) is a city and principal
area in Wales, on the River Usk close to its confluence with the
Severn Estuary, 12 miles (19 km) northeast of Cardiff. With a
population of 145,700 at the 2011 census, Newport is the third-largest
city in Wales. The city forms part of the Cardiff-Newport metropolitan
area, with a population of 1,097,000. Newport was the site of the last
large-scale armed insurrection in Britain, the Newport Rising of 1839
led by the Chartists. This was led by the Chartist John Frost which
led to the re-branding of the Duffryn High School into John Frost
School.Newport has been a port since medieval times when the first
Newport Castle was built by the Normans. The town outgrew the earlier
Roman town of Caerleon, immediately upstream, and gained its first
charter in 1314. It grew significantly in the 19th century when its
port became the focus of coal exports from the eastern South Wales
Valleys. Newport was the largest coal exporting port in Wales up to
the rise of Cardiff in the mid-1800s.In the 20th century, the docks
declined in importance, but Newport remained an important
manufacturing and engineering centre. It was granted city status in
2002. Newport hosted the Ryder Cup in 2010 and was the venue for the
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