Cardiff is the capital and largest city in Wales and the ninth
largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is the country's chief commercial
centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the
Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for Wales. The
unitary authority area's mid-2011 population was estimated to be 346,100, while
the population of the Larger Urban Zone was estimated at 861,400 in 2009.
Cardiff is a significant tourist centre and the most popular visitor
destination in Wales with 18.3 million visitors in 2010. In 2011, Cardiff
was ranked sixth in
