Timiocato

Timiocato   Ordinal from top left: Core District, Parche 21. Novembra, Camera dell'Opera Repubblicana, a parsetto (wine bar), Emanuele Ferite designs at Timiocato Fashion Week, Sotto Muro museum, Docklands district, Cattedrale della Maria Virgine, Timiocato Harbour, Capo di Pescatore (Fisherman's Head)
City flag	Map location
City population	Metro population
24,381,981 1st, 2009	38,244,579 1st, 2009
Motto	Rara avis An extraordinary thing
Establishment  — City charter  — As capital	23rd July, 1510 1st January, 1784
Government  — Mayor    — Governing body  — Representation  — Subdivision	Domenico de Fiore (FPD) 5th December, 2011—present Timiocato Municipal Council 16 councillors One councillor per district
Aperture Apertural departments	Capitale Capitale Nazionale (02) Fiordigona (03) Timiocato—Centrale (05) Valle d'Astra (06)
Land area  — City  — Metro area	5,231.6 sq km 20,839.5 sq km
Population density  — City  — Metro area	4,660.5 / sq km 1,835.2 / sq km
Time zone	AOTC + 0300
Area code	+2 010
Postal format	xxxxA
Sister cities	Mynia, Amarenthe Philadelphia, UK Korendam, Scandonia Salisbury, Willink
Websites	City of Timiocato Regione Capitale Repubblicana

Timiocato (/ˌtiːmioˈkɑːt̪o/) is the national capital of Pacitalia and the country's largest city. It is located at the southernmost point of the Pacitalian mainland at the mouth of the Rio Timiocato. An historic city, Timiocato's history dates back to the 7th century, when it was known informally as la ponta ("the bridge") and was a trading post for marine merchants, and a hotbed for unregulated vices like prostitution, alcohol consumption, and gambling. Timiocato was originally incorporated as a municipality in 1510 and became the Pacitalian capital in 1784 with the passage of the Acte dell'autorità repubblicana.

Throughout its history, Timiocato has repeatedly expanded in both size and population with successive amalgamations with other municipalities. With approximately 25 million residents as of 2011, it is one of the most heavily populated cities in Atlantian Oceania and, by far, the most populous municipality in Foringana. Timiocato is the political, economic and cultural heart of the Republican Capital Region (Regione Capitale Repubblicana), which is the most highly and most densely populated urban region in Pacitalia with just over 40 million people (around 11 percent of the national population). The core City of Timiocato, with an average of 4,660.5 people per square kilometre, is the densest urban area in Foringana.

The city's cosmopolitan, international population reflects its historic reputation as an important destination for immigrants to Pacitalia. Timiocato is the only municipality in Pacitalia where Pacitalian is not the first language for the majority of its residents. Nearly two-thirds of Timiocato's residents are first- or second-generation Pacitalians, and 56 percent of the city's 2009 census population was born outside Pacitalia.

Timiocato is an alpha world city due to its status as Pacitalia's economic, cultural and political capital and as one of the top financial centres in the world. The city is home to more corporate headquarters than any other city in Pacitalia, including those of Pacitalia's largest banks, its two largest airlines, telecommunications and technology companies and several retailers. Pacitalia's capital exerts significant and wide-ranging influence in business, culture, politics, education, transportation, fashion, science, media, entertainment and the arts, and, as such, is widely recognised as a trend-setting metropolis and an important city to both the Atlantian Oceanian region and the world.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Early history 2 Geography 2.1 Topography 2.2 Climate

History

Early history

Anthropologic and historical evidence shows the Tecuani and Komer'xe indigenous tribes inhabited the alluvial estuary at the mouth of the Rio Timiocato as early as 3,000 BC. Tribe leaders deemed the land to be unsuitable for permanent habitation due to flooding and low elevation, so Komer'xe Pa'ata'he (hunter-gatherers) used the islands as staging points for fishing expeditions and took advantage of the estuary's sandy, moist soil to grow rice and sorghum. The Komer'xe maintained actual settlements further inland, on higher ground. Tecuani fishermen harvested seaweed from what is now Capo di Pescatore (Fisherman's Head).

The consensus among historians, supported by indigenous legend, is that the name Timiocato is a muddling of the Komer'xe word a'tem'ya'ke-tu, meaning "green water", and is likely in reference to the aquamarine colour of the waters in the vicinity. Before Timiocato's incorporation in 1510, the city's name had been spelled in a variety of ways, including Timiocatu, Temiocato and Timocado, lending credence to the assertion that Timiocato is a derivation of a Komer'xe word. Timiocato is, therefore, one of only a handful of Pacitalian cities whose name is not Pacitalian in nature, and which originates from an indigenous cognate.

Both the Tecuani and the Komer'xe abandoned the estuary by the 5th century, likely due to a catastrophic event, such as a flood or an earthquake. Spice and grain merchants sailing routes around the southern tip of Foringana accidentally discovered the abandoned huts and settlements of the Komer'xe around the year 664, according to historical records. Non-indigenous peoples had already colonised and settled Foringana several centuries prior; however, the occidental side of the Foringanan continent was largely unexplored and uninhabited. The strategic and defensible location of the estuary and surrounding lands were irresistible to the traders, who established a fort at the base of a hill (the Capitoline Head in the present-day government district).

By the beginning of the 8th century, the highly-guarded and profitable fort was surrounded by a maze of poorly constructed buildings populated by fugitives, the destitute, and transient workers. The narrow, crowded streets were rampant with disease and poor sanitation. What would become Timiocato quickly earned an "anything-goes" reputation for permitting gambling, prostitution and the open and excessive consumption of alcohol and psychoactive substances. That reputation rapidly spread across the continent and the world, attracting thousands more people.

The drug and alcohol trade, and the proliferation of gambling, also brought the wealthy to Timiocato, hoping to control the market and turn a profit. The invasion of the upper class to Timiocato tempered the anarchy of the slums, instilled an initial sense of civility and encouraged the construction of safer and more permanent structures. By the end of the millennium, Timiocato was a much different and markedly more urban centre than it had initially been. The presence of the Roman Catholic Church largely eliminated vice industry in the city by the year 1100 and also forced municipal authorities to regulate alcohol consumption.

Geography

Topography

Climate

Climate data for Timiocato, Pacitalia
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	34.3 (93.7)	35.5 (95.9)	35.7 (96.3)	36.0 (96.8)	38.6 (101.5)	42.5 (108.5)	46.6 (115.9)	52.1 (126)	43.7 (110.7)	39.6 (103.3)	35.7 (96.3)	35.0 (95)	52.1 (126)
Average high °C (°F)	22.6 (72.7)	24.1 (75.4)	26.5 (79.7)	28.9 (84)	32.2 (90)	33.5 (92.3)	35.1 (95.2)	36.2 (97.2)	33.7 (92.7)	30.1 (86.2)	26.8 (80.2)	23.5 (74.3)	29.4 (85)
Average low °C (°F)	20.2 (68.4)	21.0 (69.8)	22.6 (72.7)	23.5 (74.3)	24.2 (75.6)	25.3 (77.5)	27.0 (80.6)	27.5 (81.5)	26.8 (80.3)	23.7 (74.7)	21.8 (71.2)	21.0 (69.8)	23.7 (74.7)
Record low °C (°F)	–3.6 (25.5)	2.6 (36.7)	5.7 (42.3)	10.6 (51.1)	15.2 (59.4)	17.2 (63)	20.3 (68.5)	20.3 (68.5)	16.2 (61.2)	10.1 (50.2)	6.7 (44.1)	1.1 (34)	–3.6 (25.5)
Precipitation (mm)	261	230	184	138	89	83	71	90	158	311	420	322	2,357
Average rainy days (≥ 1 mm)	17.5	13.3	12.7	11.5	6.6	6.7	6.2	6.5	13.2	21.6	24.3	22.0	162.1