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'''Alahuela''', officially the '''City of Alahuela''', is the federal capital and seat of government of [[Cartadania]]. The city is located at the coastal border of Alexandria and Verona in the country's | '''Alahuela''', officially the '''Federal City of Alahuela''', is the federal {{wp|capital city}} and seat of government of [[Cartadania]]. The city is located at the coastal border of [[Alexandria]] and [[Verona]] in the country's Luson region. It was founded on April 17, 1710, to serve as the new national capital, returning the former capital city, Meridia, to the state of Alexandria. The city forms the core of the National Metro area, along with four counties from the state of Alexandria and two from Verona. The [[Constitution of Cartadania]] authorized the establishment of a capital city under the sole jurisdiction of the federal government. Alahuela is therefore not a part of any state, but an independent city of Cartadania. | ||
All three branches of Cartadania's federal government are centered in the city: executive, legislative, and judiciary. | As the seat of the [[Federal government of Cartadania]], Alahuela is home to many important institutions of the federal government, national monuments, and museums. This includes the [[Cartadanian Capitol]], the [[Supreme Court of Cartadania]], the [[Presidential Estate (Cartadania)|Presidential Estate]] and the headquarters of numerous government agencies. It is the location of many social and cultural institutions of national significance such as the Cartadanian War Memorial, the [[Erudite University of Alahuela]], the [[Casa da Moeda]] (Cartadania's Mint), the National Gallery, the National Museum, and the Library of Cartadania. The city is home to many important institutions of the Cartadanian Armed Forces, however most of its operations are centered in [[Fortaleza]], which is across the Mendes River in [[LaMarque, Verona|LaMarque]]. It hosts many of the foreign embassies in Cartadania, of which Alahuela hosts 26 and numerous consulates, as well as regional headquarters of many international organisations, not-for-profit groups, lobbying groups and professional associations. All three branches of Cartadania's federal government are centered in the city: executive, legislative, and judiciary. | ||
The 2030 population for the city proper was 1,970,183 across a land area of {{convert|1010.1|km2|sqmi|sp=us}}. According to the most recent definition agreed upon by the federal and state governments, the population of Greater Alahuela, better known as the National Metro area, is 10,883,207, which makes it the sixteenth-largest metropolitan area in the world, the third-largest urban agglomeration in Sarpedon behind [[Venceia]] and the [[Palm Coast metropolitan area|Palm Coast]]. The National Metro has a GDP of $805 billion in 2028, which makes it one of the most productive urban areas in the world. The city was responsible for generating 0.5% of Cartadania's GDP, and the metropolitan area accounted for about 2.95% of the country's GDP, miniscule in terms of Sarpedon's largest metro areas, but large in terms of city's in general. | |||
After years of demanding greater political autonomy, residents were finally given the right to elect both a head of government and the representatives of the bicameral Legislative Assembly by election in 2007. Ever since, left-wing parties ([[Social Democracy Party (Cartadania)|socialdemocracia]] and its coalition parties) have controlled both of them. On 30 March 2024, it ceased to be the Federal District ({{lang-cd|Distrito Federal}} or D.F.) and is now officially known as Cidade de Alahuela (or CDAH), with a greater degree of autonomy. A clause in the [[Constitution of Cartadania]], however, prevents it from becoming a state within Cartadania, as it is the seat of power in the country, unless the capital of the country were to be relocated elsewhere. | |||
== History == | == History == | ||