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NEWPORT
, city and county borough, Wales

Welsh Casnewydd, city (1991 pop. 129,900) and county borough, 74 sq mi (191 sq km), SE Wales, on the Usk River. Lumber, tea, automobiles, electronics, semiconductors, and aircraft are made; steel and various other metals, paper, and chemicals are manufactured. In 1839, Newport was the scene of Chartist riots. The Church of St. Woollos, partly Norman, is the cathedral of the Monmouth diocese. The Univ. of Wales College is there.

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Publication Information: Encyclopedia Article Title: Newport, City and County Borough Wales. Encyclopedia Title: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. Publisher: Columbia University Press. Place of Publication: New York. Publication Year: 2004.
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