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== History == | == History == | ||
Alahuela has served as the de facto capital of Cartadania since April of 1710 and the de jure capital since October 30, 1710. The city was formed from the land of Aralina County ceded by the state of Alexandria in 1709. The federal government initially returned a large portion of the land back to Alexandria, stating that the land area it had been granted was "far too much", but after six months of delegation and planning for the future of the national capital, the Senate and House of Representatives accepted all of 1,010 kilometers of Aralina County. Though not as apparent in the early 18th century when the then-county only registered 200,000 citizens, the now-district has swelled to 2 million residents in 2020, pushing the city's density to 1,950.5 people per square kilometer (5,051.8 people per mi<sup>2</sup>), well beyond what the 1st National Congress had predicted. | |||
=== Background === | === Background === | ||
Alahuela, as a city, was originally planned to be constructed further west, between the states of Alexandria and Venice. Prior to the decision to construct a new capital city, Cartadania's capital was the city of Alexandria on the island of Graciosa, which has since been ceded to the state of San Rícardo. The decision to abandon that location came when the importance of maritime travel was truly recognized by the federal government, which would lead to the search for a more opportune location. Before the city was to be planned as an independent city, options came up to make Sierra, which is the most populous city in the country with 8 million residents, the capital of Cartadania, but this idea was ultimately abandoned due to population concerns and the oversight of Verona's government on the city. This latter fear also ended the possibility of making Calaine, the capital of Alexandria, the capital of Cartadania. Consequently, the federal government would unsurprisingly decide to create a special district, equal to the states, where the nation's capital would lie. | |||
=== Construction === | === Construction === | ||
Beginning in August of 1709, the state of Alexandria allocated 1,010km<sup>2</sup> from then-Aralina County to be used by the federal government to construct a national capital. The state, along with the Commonwealth of Verona, assisted the federal government in constructing the city. The city was to be divided into six districts that would serve as sub-units of the district. From there, each entity (Alexandria, Verona, and the Federal Government) went about building two districts each, following a general plan drafted by Congress. The decision to do so has even gone so far as to be reflected in the city's architectural layout. | |||
On October 10, 1715, the Cartadanian federal government, under the oversight of the President Iohannes Lucio, officially cut the ribbon to the city. Throughout the six years it took to get the federal city officially laid out and "online", the original Presidential Campus, Congress, and Supreme Court buildings were constructed. | |||
Alahuela's first governor, Calidorus Vespillo, authorized large-scale projects that greatly modernized the City of Alahuela during the 1850s, but ultimately went so far as to bankrupt the district's government. In 1874, Congress replaced the territorial government with an appointed three-member Board of Commissioners. | |||
Alahuela's urban plan of the 1870s was further expanded throughout the district in the following decades. The Riso district's street grid and other administrative details were formally merged to those of the new City of Alahuela in 1895. However, the city had poor housing conditions and strained public works. The district was one of the first cities in the nation to undergo urban renewal projects as part of the "City Beautiful movement" in the early 1900s. | |||
The [[Great War]] sparked further development in and migration to the city, causing the city's population to explode to nearly 1 million residents. Because of the proximity to Alahuela, Verona's [[Cara County, Verona|Cara County]] also exploded in population, far-overtaking the national capital in population and development. On the other side of the district, [[Rieti County, Alexandria|Rieti County]] in Alexandria also saw a very large increase in development and population relative to the national capital. These counties serve as the homes for many of the people who work in the national capital and the nearly seamless border between the localities of the National Metro area makes the even more apparent. | |||
=== Twenty-first century === | === Twenty-first century === | ||
Today, Alahuela is a very affluent and global city. | |||
== Geography == | == Geography == | ||