Newport
| City of Newport Dinas Casnewydd |
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| — Ceety & Principal aurie — | |
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| Motto: "Terra Marique" "Bi land an sea" | |
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| Coordinates: 51°35′15.86″N 2°59′54.04″W / 51.5877389°N 2.9983444°W | |
| Sovereign state | Unitit Kinrick |
| Constituent kintra | Wales |
| Ceremonial coonty | Gwent |
| Historic coonty | Monmouthshire |
| Admin HQ | Newport Civic Centre |
| Toun chairter | 1385 |
| Ceety status | 2002 |
| Govrenment | |
| - Govrenin body | Newport City Council |
| - Mayor o Newport | Margaret Cornelious |
| - Leader o Newport City Council | Bob Bright |
| - MPs | Paul Flynn, Labour Jessica Morden, Labour |
| - AMs | Rosemary Butler, Labour John Griffiths, Labour |
| Aurie | |
| - Tot | 73.4 sq mi (190 km2) |
| Indwallers (2007 est / Urban 2006) | |
| - Tot | 141,300 (Ranked 7th) |
| - Densitie | 738/km2 (1,910/sq mi) |
| - Ethnicity (2001 Census) |
95.1% White 2.6% S. Asie 1.5% Afro-Caribbean |
| Time zone | Greenwich Mean Time (UTC+0) |
| Postcode | NP |
| Aurie code(s) | 01633 |
| ISO 3166-2 | GB-NWP |
| ONS code | 00PR |
| OS grid reference | ST312882 |
| NUTS 3 | UKD31 |
| Demonym | Newportonians |
| Wabsteid | www.newport.gov.uk |
Newport (Welsh: Casnewydd) is a ceety an unitar authority aurie in Wales. Staundin on the banks o the River Usk, it is locatit aboot 12 miles (19 km) east o Cairdiff an is the lairgest urban aurie athin the historic coonty boundaries o Monmouthshire an the preserved coonty o Gwent. The Ceety o Newport, which includes rural auries as well as the built up aurie, is govrened bi the unitary Newport Ceety Cooncil, an haes a population o 140,200, makin it the seivent maist populous unitary authority in Wales.
Accordin tae Census 2001 data the population o the core built-up aurie wis 116,143,[1] makin it the third lairgest ceety in Wales. For European statistical purposes, Newport is includit athin the Cairdiff an Sooth Wales valleys metropolitan aurie, which haes a population o nearly 1.1 million.[2]
Twinnin [edit]
Newport is twinnin[3] wi the follaein:
Heidenheim, Germany syne 1980
Kutaisi, Georgie syne 1989
Guangxi, Cheenae syne 1996
References [edit]
- ↑ Key Statistics for urban auries in Ingland an Wales
- ↑ ESPON project 1.4.3 Study on Urban Functions Final Repor, March 2007
- ↑ Town twinning. Newport City Council. Retrieved on 27 August 2006. .
Freemit airtins [edit]
- Newport at the Open Directory Project
- Newport Ceety Cooncil
- Ceety Centre information
- Newport Civic Society
- Newport Unlimited
- NP Local
- Port o Newport
- Activ Newport
- Newport's War Dead
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