Teindún
Teindún | |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s): Steel City | |
| Country | Faneria |
| Province | Rhydwellann |
| County Relationship | Multi-County City |
| Dúnnan | 10 surviving |
| River | Rhydwel |
| First Permanent Settlement | c. 600 BC |
| Government | |
| • Type | Mayor-Council |
| • Body | Municipal Council |
| • Méara | (CRP/S) |
| Area | |
| • Total | xxxx sq mi (Formatting error: invalid input when rounding km2) |
| • Land | xxxx sq mi (Formatting error: invalid input when rounding km2) |
| • Water | xxxx sq mi (Formatting error: invalid input when rounding km2) |
| Population (2025) | |
| • Total | 12,589,300 |
Teindún (Lit. 'Tenfort' is the largest city in Faneria by both incorporated area and population, as well as a slim second by gross GDP after Leighlinbridge. With 12.6 million inhabitants, it is also the largest city north of the Vandarch Sea in Levantia, second largest city in Levantia overall, and the twelfth largest city in the world. Teindún is build on ancient trade routes across an area where fording and bridging of the Rhydwel River was particularly favorable, and the site was hotly contested with a number of fortresses built in the area over several millennia, giving the area its name. The slow coagulation of the local townships into a city and the economic power of the city helped propel a large portion of the expansion of the early Kingdom of the Fhainn after its capture in xxxx, and the city was the capital of Faneria from 1439-1585.
The history of Teindún is largely economic in nature, with the city being a leading center in metalworking from the 13th century onwards and heavily influencing 'typical' Fhainnin culture, cuisine, and political theory. The city also was the country's primary center for scientific research and fashion until the industrial revolution and chemical revolutions, when outlier cities such as Cancale, Sathlagen, and Leighlinbridge experienced long periods of growth while Teindún lagged behind. The city's nickname as 'the steel city' originates from its industrial history, but has additionally come to refer sardonically to commute congestion.
Today, the city is a major rail air air hub, administrative and white-collar business center, and tourist location for viewing the titular ten surviving major fortifications (with several more present but destroyed, disassembled for stone and lumber, or buried by time) and other historic buildings. Teindún is typically the layover point for long-range international flights for winter sports and other travel to the central Ninerivers region. Historically, the city was more vulnerable to riverside flooding than other major Fhainnin cities, which has been addressed by embankment projects which in turn prompted a major urban renewal program and anti-crime campaigns in the 1980s to reverse severe urban decay suffered in the mid-20th Century. The city also began greenery and increased public transit initiatives in 2003 to address air quality and reduce the city's albedo, largely considered an issue due to automobile use.