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The '''Kiravian addressing system''' is based on a nested hierarchy of discrete geographical units, from the ''dar'' (lot, parcel, or estate) to the block (''ram'') or townland, on up to the [[Kiravian province|province]]. Kiravian addresses do not make reference to streets or roads, but rather to the physical configurations of the country’s built environments and the boundaries of its administrative divisions. The web portal [[Kiravia.kr]] describes the system as “place-oriented rather than route-oriented”. The system is complex and idiosyncratic, showing considerable variation across the country. | The '''Kiravian addressing system''' is based on a nested hierarchy of discrete geographical units, from the ''dar'' (lot, parcel, or estate) to the block (''ram'') or townland, on up to the [[Kiravian province|province]]. Kiravian addresses do not make reference to streets or roads (which are not named in Kiravia), but rather to the physical configurations of the country’s built environments and the boundaries of its administrative divisions. The web portal [[Kiravia.kr]] describes the system as “place-oriented rather than route-oriented”. The system is complex and idiosyncratic, showing considerable variation across the country. | ||
The basis of the Kiravian system is landlots and land development. Changing patterns of development in an area thus result in changes to how locations are addressed as they are subdivided and developed. | |||
==General paradigm== | ==General paradigm== | ||
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For international mail, the country (e.g. Kiravian Federacy, Atrassic Crona, [[Scapa]], [[Pribraltar]], [[Saint Kennera]]) should also be specified. | For international mail, the country (e.g. Kiravian Federacy, Atrassic Crona, [[Scapa]], [[Pribraltar]], [[Saint Kennera]]) should also be specified. | ||
==Variations== | |||
In suburban areas with {{wp|tract housing}}, the tract or development usually serves as the named ''kontruv'' or townland inside which the blocks (''ram'') are numbered, though this is not always the case, as smaller developments or very large developments may be included within a preëxisting townland/''kontruv'' or subdivided into ''kontruya'', respectively. | |||
Populated mountains or hills often constitute their own townland. In the Northwest Territory, numbered geodesic ''ranges'' are used as an addressing unit between the countyship and vicinity, in lieu of proper townlands. | |||
Many Kiravian settlements built or redeveloped/expanded under the [[Kiravian Union]] comprise a number of numbered {{wp|microdistricts}}. In these places, the entire microdistrict is treated as a single block (''ram'') within which buildings may be identified by numbers (often irregular), names, or non-numeric ordinals, such as letters or Ogham runes. A similar scheme is often used for buildings that are part of institutional {{wp|campus}}es or similar complexes. In the few {{wp|linear city|linear cities}} realised under the Kiravian Union, a system of band + segment is used as the basis for the ''kontruv'', within which blocks and lots are numbered quite regularly, owing to the grid-planned layout of these subunits. | |||
== Extent == | == Extent == | ||
The Kiravian addressing system is used throughout the [[Kiravian Federacy]] and [[Kiravian Collectivity]], with the exception of [[New Ardmore]]. In New Ardmore, streets are named and urban addresses resemble those used in [[Urcea]] or [[Arcerion]]. In rural areas, an indigenous reckoning of {{wp|townlands}} is in use, so rural addresses in New Ardmore more closely resemble their mainland Kiravian counterparts. | The Kiravian addressing system is used throughout the [[Kiravian Federacy]] and [[Kiravian Collectivity]], with the exception of [[New Ardmore]]. In New Ardmore, streets are named and urban addresses resemble those used in [[Urcea]] or [[Arcerion]]. In rural areas, an indigenous reckoning of {{wp|townlands}} is in use, so rural addresses in New Ardmore more closely resemble their mainland Kiravian counterparts. | ||
The Kiravian Post's effort to fully extend the Kiravian addressing system to [[Atrassic Crona]] by delineating ''ram'', ''kontruv'', and ''vintuv'' is ongoing. As of 2030, the Post claims that all lots and blocks in compact villages have been addressed, but that facts on the ground have complicated efforts to comprehensively address rural areas, as well as {{wp|irregular settlements}} and unauthorised refugees camps such as those surrounding East [[Rigo]]. | |||
The Kiravian Post also serves the {{wp|associated state}}s of [[Saint Kennera]] and [[Pribraltar]], and the Kiravian addressing system is used there as well. The same is true in [[Scapa]], with the unique distinction that all addresses in Scapa are rural in form, even those in the larger towns. | The Kiravian Post also serves the {{wp|associated state}}s of [[Saint Kennera]] and [[Pribraltar]], and the Kiravian addressing system is used there as well. The same is true in [[Scapa]], with the unique distinction that all addresses in Scapa are rural in form, even those in the larger towns. | ||