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Introduction

Cardiff (city) (Welsh, Caerdydd), capital city of Wales, administrative centre of the unitary authority of Cardiff county, at the mouths of the Taff and Ely rivers on the Bristol Channel. It is the largest city in Wales and is an important administrative, commercial, and industrial centre that until the local government reforms of 1996 was part of the county of South Glamorgan. The population of Cardiff comprises about one tenth of the population of Wales. Population 305,200 (2001 estimate).