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2015-03-01

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Josusí is an independent city in the Ardispherian federal subject of Distrito Federal. It is a medium-sized suburb of the capital, Villa Constitución, DF, and is notable for being the center of the Ardispherian television and film industry. Consequently, the city is considered quite glamorous and the name of the city, along with its several nicknames such as Villa Lagucho or Woody Hall, is used as kind of shorthand to refer to the Ardispherian culture industry. Josusí's current population is about 47,000 inhabitants, in a land area of 10.16 km2. More . . .

2015-02-21

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Quentín Di Battista is a town in the Ardispherian federal subject of Departamento del Centro. It is the third-largest town of Comuna Cualahualú (Cualahualú Commune) and an important agricultural center, located on the east bank of the Río Bahagala at the eastern border of the country. It is the terminus of the FFOO Line 24 (Ferrocarriles Orientales "Blue Line O24"), thus it one of the most remote cities to be considered as being within the capital metropolitan region centered on Villa Constitución, DF, over 100 km to the west on the opposite side of the country. Quentín Di Battista's current population is about 16,000 inhabitants, in a land area of 9.9 km2. More . . .

2015-02-17

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Faro (Castellanese, full name "Santiago del Faro Ardesférico", Ingerish "Saint James of the Ardispherian Lighthouse") was the first colonial settlement in the region, and is the oldest chartered city in the Ardispheric Federation, having been founded in 1522. It was the colonial capital of Nuevo Castellán throughout its 300 year history, and during the immediate post-independence period it was the capital of the Federation, until neighboring Villa Constitución, DF, was built in the 1840s. Faro remains the capital of the federal subject Departmento del Sur, the seat of Comuna Independencia, and the cathedral city of the Ortholic Ecclesiastical Province (Metropolitan Archdiocese) of the Ardisphere, despite its relatively small population. Downtown Faro and dowtown Villa Constitución are in fact a single downtown, divided by the boundary between the two federal subjects, Avenida del Estado. Faro's current population is about 87,000 inhabitants, in a land area of 11.6 km2. More . . .

2015-02-16

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Playa Americana (Castellanese, Ingerish "Américo's Beach") is a suburb in the capital metropolitan region of the Ardispheric Federation. It is located southeast of the metropolitan area, near the ancient colonial city of Palmeras Grises in the federal subject of Departamento del Sur (DS), situated on a southwestward-facing beach on the Bahía Negra. Playa Americana's current population is about 29,000 inhabitants, in a land area of 18.3 km2. Playa Americana is named for the Ardispherian Civil War hero, Américo Valdivia. More . . .

2015-02-15

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Palacio de Maíz (also called by its colonial-era name "Santa Mónica"), is a small city in the Ardispheric Federation federal subject of Departamento Libertad (DL), situated on a tributary of the Río Albañiles near the southwestern corner of the Departamento and about 25 km southeast of Cerro y Casa, just downstream and a little bit east of the junction of the Río Gris with the Río Albañiles. The seat and largest city of Comuna Menores, "Palacio" is notable as a center for agriculture and as a railroad town. It is famous for the eccentric building which gives the town its name, a mansion of nearly 500 rooms constructed by the agricultural and railroad entrepreneur Salvino Meléndez de Beers in the 1870s, which is now a museum and major tourist attraction. More . . .

2015-02-13

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Nudae-si (Gohangukian 누대시, Castellanese Las Torres, Ingerish Towers, Altazorian and Caruque Caruque) is a town in the Ardispherian federal subject of Colonia Coreana. It is the seat of Nudae County (누대군 nudae-gun) and an important agricultural and tourism center near the juncture of the Nudae River with the Yeonggwang River. The town is unique among larger towns in the Colonia Coreana for having only a minority of Gohangukian-speakers. There are thriving communities of several native language communities (including Caruque, Lonica and Altazorian) as well as a large Castellanese-speaking community. It is quite famous for the nearby archeological site called Las Torres Lónicas, a set of four tall pyramid-shaped structures on the bluff west of the river constructed by the Tlönians between 600 and 800 AD, which provide the town with a striking skyline. Nudae-si's current population is about 29,000 inhabitants, in a land area of 19.3 km2. More . . .

2015-02-12

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Aqueruña (Castellanese, possibly Altazorian in origin) is a town in the Ardispherian federal subject of Departamento del Centro. It is a residential and industrial suburb of the capital, Villa Constitución located in the southern reaches of Comuna Río Grande on the west bank of the Río Albañiles near where it joins the Río Hierro to become the Río Grande estuary. It is noted for being the home of the oldest and largest EMAVAR aircraft assembly plant and for its large Mahhalian minority, who first became an important presence in the city in the 1940s. Aqueruña's current population is about 43,000 inhabitants, in a land area of 38.4 km2. More . . .

2015-02-11

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Nuevo Lidgate (Castellanese, Ingerish New Lydgate, Altazorian Palu Lidigati) is a town in the Ardispherian federal subject of Departamento del Centro. It is the largest town of Comuna Cualahualú (Cualahualú Commune) and an important agricultural and river-transport center at the first rapids of the Río Hierro, where a lock and dam are now located. The town was founded by a group of real estate speculators at the time the lock and dam were first built in the 1890s, and named for the city of Lydgate in Wiwaxia by businesswoman Veloria Wickham, who was originally from that city. Nuevo Lidgate's current population is about 22,000 inhabitants, in a land area of 12.2 km2. More . . .

2015-02-09

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Sarangdo (Gohangukian 사랑도, Castellanese Provincia de Amor, Ingerish Loveland) is a town in the Ardisphere, which is, uniquely, an exclave, entirely surrounded by Dandrian territory, situated on the north shore of Lago Moyica (Lac Mojique). It pertains to the Ardispherian federal subject Colonia Coreana, as a northern-shore appendage to Nudae County (누대군), the bulk of which lies across the lake on its southeast shore. As part of the Colonia Coreana, the town is officially Gohangukian in terms of culture and language, but in fact in recent decades, it has become a fairly cosmopolitan community, due to its international setting and isolation from the Ardispherian mainland across the lake. Sarangdo's current population is about 15,000 inhabitants, in a land area of 25.9 km2. More . . .

2015-02-08

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Caracol is the second largest city in the metropolitan Villa Constitución region, and the fifth most populous proper city in the Ardisphere. While most think of it as a "suburb" of the capital just to its north, in fact historically Caracol dates from the colonial era and is several hundred years older than its giant sister city, and at one point in the early years of the federation, Caracol was the country's largest city. More . . .

2015-02-07

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Minas de Tigreblanco (Castellanese, Ingerish Mines of Tiger White, Altazorian Man Juria) is a town in the Ardispherian federal subject of Departamento Libertad. It is the seat of Comuna de Minas (Commune of Mines) and an important mining and tourism center near the juncture of the Río de Minas with the Río Hierro. The town has an extensive history stretching back to the pre-colonial era, and was the locus of the colonial silver-mining industry. Contemporarily, it is mostly known for being the site of several major fine arts events and venues. It is one of the most significantly touristic towns in the Ardisphere, and its steep hills, numerous tunnels, pedestrian streets and narrow alleyways lined with colonial architecture, all cause the town to be considered one of the most attractive and pleasant in the country. More . . .