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- Cardiff is the home of the devolved National Assembly for Wales. It is also an important industrial centre—mainly for food processing, engineering, and other light industries—and a hub for commerce, law, higher education, media, and independent film production.
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Cardiff has many landmark buildings such as the Principality Stadium, Pierhead Building, the Welsh National Museum and the Senedd building, the home of the Welsh Parliament. Cardiff is also famous for Cardiff Castle, St David's Hall, Llandaff Cathedral and the Wales Millennium Centre.
- Principality Stadium
The Millennium Stadium (Welsh: Stadiwm y Mileniwm), known...
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Architecture The Pierhead Building (left) and the Senedd...
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In common with the people living all over Great Britain,...
- Principality Stadium
4 days ago · Cardiff, city and capital of Wales. Cardiff exists as both a city and a county within the Welsh unitary authority system of local government. It is located within the historic county of Glamorgan (Morgannwg) on the Bristol Channel at the mouth of the River Taff, about 150 miles (240 km) west of London .
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
In common with the people living all over Great Britain, over the following centuries the people living around what is now known as Cardiff assimilated new immigrants and exchanged ideas of the Bronze Age and Iron Age Celtic cultures.
- Cardiff is one of the smallest capitals in Europe. Cardiff’s population might be fast-growing, but that’s because it’s from a relatively low base. The population of Cardiff is 362,400 which makes it one of the smallest capitals in Europe, in fact, among all cities in Europe, it was ranked 184th (source: City Mayors).
- Cardiff is Britain’s wettest city. Having lived in Cardiff for a while, this one came as no surprise to me. In 2014, Cardiff was named the wettest City in Britain.
- Cardiff is one of the newest capitals in the world. Cardiff only became the capital of Wales in 1955, which makes it one of the newest capitals in the world.
- Cardiff is the UK’s 12 most visited city. According to 2019 data, Cardiff received 382,000 visitors per year making it the 12 most visited destination in the UK1.
Cardiff is the capital and biggest city of Wales. It is also the 11th biggest city in the United Kingdom. [1] Its name in the Welsh language is Caerdydd. A 2011 census says that around 346,100 people live in Cardiff.
Aug 6, 2022 · Capital of Wales since 1955, Cardiff is unrecognisable from a few years ago. With an exhilarating mix of heavyweight cultural sights, exciting regeneration projects – not least the revitalized Cardiff Bay – world-class sport, a prolific music scene and some seriously banging nightlife, it’s easy to see why Cardiff now ranks alongside ...
Cardiff is on the south coast of the South Wales plain, with a shoreline on the Bristol Channel. It lies at the mouth of three rivers: the Taff, the Ely and the Rhymney, with the Taff flowing through the city centre and all three reaching the sea at Cardiff Bay.
