Cardiff
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Cardiff (English: Cardiff (help·info), Welsh: Caerdydd (info)) is the capital and largest city of Wales, and the country's commercial centre. According to Census 2001 data, Cardiff was the 14th largest settlement in the United Kingdom,[1] and the 21st largest urban area.[2] However recent local government estimates put the population of the unitary authority as 317,500.[3] The city of Cardiff is the county town of the historic county of Glamorgan (and later South Glamorgan). Cardiff is part of the Eurocities network of the largest European cities[4]. Cardiff Urban Area covers a slightly larger area, including Dinas Powys, Penarth and Radyr.
Cardiff is home to the National Assembly for Wales in Cardiff Bay and much of the media in Wales. Doctor Who and Torchwood along with other television series are filmed mostly within the City and County of Cardiff. It has the biggest media sector in the UK outside London, being home to a number of television studios and radio stations.[5]
It was a small town until the early 19th century and came to prominence as a major port for the transport of coal following the arrival of industry in the region. Cardiff was made a city in 1905, and proclaimed capital of Wales in 1955.
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