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'''Bérasar''' is a major coastal city in northeastern [[Great Kirav]], the capital and largest city of the Kiravian state of [[Fariva]]. | '''Bérasar''' is a major coastal city in northeastern [[Great Kirav]], the capital and largest city of the Kiravian state of [[Fariva]]. Bérasar is the economic, cultural, and transportation hub of the [[Great Kirav#Far Northeast|Far Northeastern region]], and has an almost thousand-year-old history shaped principally by its status as a major port of the [[Kilikas Seaway]]. Along with [[Valēka]], it was a leading Kiravian nexus of the intellectual, cultural, and technological movement known as the [[Kilikas Enlightenment|Northern]] or [[Kilikas Enlightenment]], and is regarded as the "most Levantine city" in Kiravia due to its strong historic and demographic ties to [[Faneria]], [[Burgundie]], [[Fiannria]], and [[Calinthia]]. It is the northernmost major city in [[Kiravia]] and one of the most northerly in the world, at a slightly lower latitude than [[Dol Awraidd]] and trailing the northernmost national capital, [[Rolvssvik]]. | ||
Contemporary Bérasar stands at the forefront of many knowledge-intensive fields, such as higher education, | Contemporary Bérasar stands at the forefront of many knowledge-intensive fields, such as {{wp|higher education}}, biomedical research, high-tech manufacturing, {{wp|naval architecture}}, and {{wp|venture capital}}, while still maintaining the robust shipping, fishing, brewing, and papermaking sectors that have been active in the city for centuries. It has a longstanding rivalry with its southern neighbour [[Valēka]] that extends from economic competition for dominance in certain industries to cuisine, music, and, most importantly, sports. | ||
==Geography and Climate== | ==Geography and Climate== | ||
Kilikas Storm Belt | Bérasar has a thermoboreal subcontinental climate. It lies on the [[Kilikas Storm Belt]]. | ||
Snowfall starts in Bérasar as early as mid-September and as late as early October by the Gregorian calendar. Bérasar Harbour freezes in the winter and depends on a fleet of icebreakers to clear the harbour for winter shipping. | |||
==History== | ==History== |