{{Infobox Settlement |official_name = City and County of Cardiff |native_name = Dinas a Sir Caerdydd |nickname = |motto = Y ddraig goch ddyry cychwyn
(The red dragon will lead the way) |image_skyline = Cardiff Bay.JPG |skyline_size = 300px |image_caption = Cardiff Bay |website = http://www.cardiff.gov.uk/ |image_flag = Bandera de Cardiff.png|centre |flag_size = 125px |image_shield = Escudo de Cardiff.png |shield_link = |shield_size = 85px |image_map = WalesCardiff.png |mapsize = 200 * 225 |map_caption = Location of the city of Cardiff (Light Green) within Wales (Dark Green) |subdivision_type = Sovereign state |subdivision_name = United Kingdom |subdivision_type1 = Constituent country |subdivision_name1 = Wales |subdivision_type2 = Region |subdivision_name2 = South Wales |subdivision_type3 = Historic county |subdivision_name3 = Glamorgan |subdivision_name4 = |leader_title = |leader_name = Rodney Berman |leader_title1 = Welsh Assembly |leader_name1 = |leader_title2 = UK Parliament |leader_name2 = |leader_title3 = |leader_name3 =Wales |area_total_km2 = 6.652 |area_total_sq_mi = |area_magnitude = 1 E7 |area_urban_km2 = 140 |area_urban_sq_mi = |area_metro_km2 = |area_metro_sq_mi = |population_as_of = 2001*; otherwise 2006 local gov. est. |population_total = 317,500 |population_urban = 327,706 * |population_density_km2 = 4392 |population_density_sq_mi= |population_blank1_title = Demonym |population_blank1 = Cardiffian |population_blank2_title = Ethnicity |population_blank2 = 91.57% White, 1.99% Mixed, 3.96% S. Asian, 1.28% Black, 1.20% Chinese or other. |timezone = GMT |utc_offset = 0 |timezone_DST = BST |utc_offset_DST = +1 |latd=51 |latm=29 |lats=07 |latNS=N |longd=3 |longm=11 |longs=12 |longEW=W |elevation_footnotes =