Butetown
Sign in to saveButetown (or The Docks, ) is a district and community in the south of the city of Cardiff, the capital of Wales. It was originally a model housing estate built in the early 19th century by the 2nd Marquess of Bute, for whose title the area was named.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Butetown is referenced by 185 other articles, and connects out to United Kingdom Census 2011, Cardiff Council and Cardiff city centre.
The entry is geolocated on the map in GB, across 3 mapped points.
Vinony files it under Butetown, Communities in Cardiff and Districts of Cardiff.
Its subject is documented across 12 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- UK place.type
- Community
- UK place.country
- Wales
- UK place.unitary_wales
- Cardiff
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- community
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Cardiff
- Population
- 10125
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- History
- Demographics
- Welsh language
- Transport
- Government
- Images of Butetown
- See also
- External links
- Notes
Butetown (or The Docks, ) is a district and community in the south of the city of Cardiff, the capital of Wales. It was originally a model housing estate built in the early 19th century by the 2nd Marquess of Bute, for whose title the area was named.
Commonly known as "Tiger Bay", this area became one of the UK's first multicultural communities with people from over 50 countries settled here by the outbreak of the First World War, working in the docks and allied industries. Some of the largest communities included the Somalis, Yemenis and Greeks, whose influence still lives on today. A Greek Orthodox church still stands at the top of Bute Street.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Butetown” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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