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Cairdiff

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Cairdiff's airt in Wales

Cairdiff (Inglis: Cardiff, Welsh: Caerdydd) is the caipital an maist muckle city o Wales, an the kintra's commercial centre. The population o Cairdiff is 361,469 (2016)[1]. The city o Cairdiff is the coonty toun o the historic coonty o Glamorgan (an later Sooth Glamorgan). Cairdiff is pairt o the Euroceeties netwark o the maistmuckle European cities[2]. Cairdiff Urban Area kivers a bittie mair grund, includin Dinas Powys, Penarth an Radyr.

Cairdiff is the hame o the Naitional Assembly for Wales in Cairdiff Bay an muckle o the media in Wales. Doctor Who an Torchwood alang wi ither telly series is filmed maistly athin the City an Coonty o Cairdiff. It haes the biggest media sector in the UK ootwi Lunnon, bein hame tae a nummer o telly studios an radio stations.[3]

References

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  1. https://statswales.gov.wales/Catalogue/Population-and-Migration/Population/Estimates/Local-Authority/populationestimates-by-localauthority-year.
  2. Eurocities, Retrieved on 12 November
  3. "The Film, TV and Multimedia Sector in Cardiff". Economic Development Division, Cardiff County Council. 1 December 2003. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 9 Juin 2011. Retrieved 17 Januar 2008.


Coordinates: 51°29′N 3°11′W / 51.483°N 3.183°W / 51.483; -3.183