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The chief urban areas of Wales are the cities of Cardiff (population, 1991 census, 277,182), the capital, principal seaport, and commercial centre; and Swansea (1994 estimate, 188,800), a seaport and industrial centre; and the towns of Newport (129,900), an industrial centre; Wrexham; and the Rhondda (76,300), the former centre of the Welsh coal-mining industry and now mainly a suburban area with some light industry.