Butetown
District and community in Cardiff, Wales / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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51.467°N 3.166°W / 51.467; -3.166
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Butetown (or The Docks, Welsh: Tre-biwt) 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.
It is known as one of the "five towns of Cardiff", the others being Crockherbtown, Grangetown, Newtown and Temperance Town.
The population of the ward and community taken at the 2011 census was 10,125.[1] It is estimated that the Butetown's population increased to 14,094 by 2019.[2]