Cardiff is the capital city of Wales and the county town of Glamorgan. It is the base for the Senedd, most national cultural institutions and the Welsh media. The city hosted the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games. In 2011, Cardiff was sixth in the world in the National Geographic magazine’s list of alternative tourist destinations.
About Cardiff, Wales in brief
Cardiff is the capital city of Wales and the county town of Glamorgan. It is the base for the Senedd, most national cultural institutions and the Welsh media. In 2011, Cardiff was sixth in the world in the National Geographic magazine’s list of alternative tourist destinations. Cardiff is the most popular visitor destination in Wales with 21.3 million visitors in 2017. The city hosted the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games. The Principality Stadium hosted 11 football matches as part of the 2012 Summer Olympics. The Cardiff Built-up Area covers a slightly larger area outside the county boundary and includes the towns of Dinas Powys and Penarth. The anglicised Cardiff is derived from Caerdyf, with the Welsh f borrowed as ff f, as also happens in Taff and Llandaff. Until the Roman conquest of Britain, Cardiff belonged to the Silures – a Celtic tribe that flourished in the Iron Age. The name Cardiff may derive from *Caer-Didi – a name supposedly given in honour of Aulus Didius Gallus, governor of a nearby province at the time when the Roman fort was established. Cardiff was awarded European City of Sport due to its role in hosting major international sporting events in 2009 and again in 2014. It hosted the opening event and the men’s bronze medal match of the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. It was also the host city for the 2012 Winter Olympics in London. Cardiff has a population of 346,090, and the wider urban area is 479,000.
The population of Cardiff built-up area, which includes the Cardiff Bay and city centre areas, is estimated to be 478,000 in the 2011 Census. The Welsh capital city is home to the Wales national rugby union team and the Cardiff City Stadium, the home of the Wales rugby league team. It also has the Wales Millennium Centre arts complex, the Cardiff International Sports Stadium, Cardiff Arms Park, and Ice Arena Wales. A group of five Bronze Age tumuli has been identified within Cardiff’s present-day county boundaries, including Caerau Hill, an enclosed fort, and an Iron Age hill enclosure. The area is within the northern boundary of the Garuli group of tumuli at the summit of the Giza pyramid. About 1,500 years before Stonehenge was completed, the early Neolithic Neolithic, or Garuli, group was completed at the top of the mountain at the northern edge of Cardiff. Cardiff city centre is the site of the St Lythans burial chamber and the Tinkinswood burial chamber, near St. Nicholas, to the west of Cardiff city center. The town was a major port for the transport of coal following the arrival of industry in the region in the early 19th century. In 1905, the city was made a city and proclaimed the capital of Wales in 1955. Since the 1980s, Cardiff has seen significant development, including the development of the waterfront area at Cardiff Bay, and a new waterfront area in the city centre.
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