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Cardiff

Northern Europe

The capital and largest city of Wales, forming a principal area officially known as the City and County of Cardiff, with a population of 383,919 in 2024 and ranking as the eleventh-largest city in the United Kingdom. Located in the southeast of Wales within the Cardiff Capital Region, home to roughly half the nation's population, it grew from a small town in the early 19th century into a major coal-exporting port, was ranked a city in 1905, and was proclaimed the capital of Wales in 1955.

Facts
Population
383,919 1
Area (sq km)
141 1
Founding Year
1081 2
Population Estimate Year
2024 1
Elevation (m)
41 2
Latitude
51.48167 degrees north 1
Longitude
3.17917 degrees west 1
Elevation Band
Lowland 3
Climate Zone
Temperate 4
Time Zone
UTC+00:00 3
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Capital Of

Wales, States or Territories
Source GeoNames: Cardiff - GeoNames
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Source Cardiff Crown Court (Wikipedia)Lead, location
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Source Welsh Gymnastics (Wikipedia)History, headquarters
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Welsh Gymnastics relocated from their previous headquarters at Cardiff Central Youth Club to Sport Wales National Centre at Sophia Gardens in Cardiff in 2010.
Sources
1. Cardiff, Wikipedia
  • Lead section
    Cardiff had a population of 383,919 in 2024
  • Infobox, Area
    Total 54 sq mi (141 km2)
  • Infobox, Coordinates
    51.48167N 3.17917W
  • In Group: Cities of Northern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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2. Cardiff (Wikidata)
  • P2044 (elevation above sea level)
    elevation 41 m
  • P571 (inception)
    inception 1081
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3. GeoNames: Cardiff - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 2653822
    51.48 -3.18 P PPLA GB WLS X5 00PT005 372089 17 Europe/London
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 17 m
  • Capital Of: Wales, cities500 record 2653822, feature code PPLA (seat of first-order division WLS)
    51.48 -3.18 P PPLA GB WLS X5 00PT005 372089 17 Europe/London
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4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 51.25, -3.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 51.25, -3.25
51.25 -3.25 Cfb
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Wikidata: Cardiff
Wikidata Q10690, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source
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