Cardiff is the capital city of Wales and officially known as the City and County of Cardiff. It is the United Kingdom's eleventh-largest city, the main commercial centre of Wales, and the base for the Senedd, most national cultural institutions and most of the Welsh media. At the 2011 census, the unitary authority area population was put at 346,090, and the wider urban area at 479,000. In 2011, Cardiff ranked sixth in the world in the National Geographic magazine's list of alternative tourist destinations. It is the most popular destination in Wales with 21.3 million visitors in 2017.
