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Cardiff (/ ˈ k ɑːr d ɪ f / ⓘ; Welsh: Caerdydd [kairˈdiːð, kaːɨrˈdɨːð] ⓘ) is the capital and largest city of Wales. Cardiff had a population of 372,089 in 2022 [2] and forms a principal area officially known as the City and County of Cardiff (Welsh: Dinas a Sir Caerdydd). The city is the eleventh largest in the United Kingdom.
Cardiff developed municipal slaughterhouses from 1835, one of the first cities in the United Kingdom to do so, and by the early twentieth century there were no private slaughterhouses. [35] Cardiff faced a challenge in the 1880s when David Davies of Llandinam and the Barry Railway Company promoted the development of rival docks at Barry.
In the spring 2015 UK Budget, the UK treasury announced that the UK Government is opening negotiations for a Cardiff city deal with the Welsh Government and local partners, with funding being made available for the deal by the UK Government in 2015–16. [7] In July 2015, the ten local councils backed the campaign of a Cardiff city deal.
1536: The legislative union of England and Wales (Laws in Wales Acts 1535–1542) was established. [3] The shire of Glamorgan was established and Cardiff became the county town and the Herbert family became the most powerful family in Cardiff. [5] 1551: William Herbert, Earl of Pembroke, became the first Baron Cardiff (Baron Herbert of Cardiff ...
According to Census 2001 data, Cardiff was the 14th largest settlement in the United Kingdom, [3] and the 21st largest urban area. [4] The Cardiff Larger Urban Zone (a Eurostat definition including the Vale of Glamorgan and a number of local authorities in the Valleys ) has 841,600 people, the 10th largest LUZ in the UK. [ 5 ]
Cardiff Castle (Welsh: Castell Caerdydd) is a medieval castle and Victorian Gothic revival mansion located in the city centre of Cardiff, Wales. The original motte and bailey castle was built in the late 11th century by Norman invaders on top of a 3rd-century Roman fort .