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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).
Many street-names in Cardiff are of Viking origin including Dumballs Road and the oldest street in the city, Womanby Street. The conquest of Glamorgan by Robert Fitzhamon brought an influx of Norman-French influence. Welsh was the majority language in Cardiff from the 13th century until the city's explosive growth in the Victorian era. [2]
CITY GUIDES: The unsung capital of Wales is often overlooked en route to the coast or mountains, but with its big-hitter galleries and inventive food scene, Caerdydd deserves to be feted with all ...
The city council of Cardiff has plans to recognize the Chinese Diaspora in the city. [79] The Chinatown in Paris, located in the 13th arrondissement, is the largest in Europe, where many Vietnamese – specifically ethnic Chinese refugees from Vietnam – have settled and in Belleville in the northeast of Paris as well as in Lyon.
Avana Bakery (Grangetown) [3] National Stadium, Cardiff Arms Park; Cardiff Central bus station, Central Square (demolished 2008); Central Hotel, Penarth Road/St Mary Street, a Grade II listed hotel which closed after 120 years and was gutted by fire in 2003. [4]
Cathays Park and the site of the proposed National Museum & Library in 1905. Cathays Park has had three very distinct phases of development, [8] the first phase was built in the Edwardian Baroque style, [8] which consisted of the University of Wales Registry, Cardiff University main building, Cardiff Crown Court, Glamorgan County Hall, Cardiff City Hall, National Museum Cardiff which was ...
Cardiff City Council said the introduction of a congestion charge would fund improvements to bus services, a tram network and enhance regional links.
Leader of Cardiff Council, Phil Bale, called for a "city deal" to boost Cardiff's and the local region's transport services in November 2014.Bale said that "Cardiff must be treated the same as the other big cities" and that a city deal would increase investment in Cardiff and deliver benefits for the wider Welsh economy. [5]