Shanvan
Janvan
Jānvān | |
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Etymology: "White walled city" | |
Motto(s): Ha kādhulim Thağāh | |
Country | Komania |
Province | Oshar Province |
Region | Kāmadhar |
Earliest settlement | c. 1000 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Kāğan Şēğāz |
Area | |
• Total | 604.22 km2 (233.29 sq mi) |
Elevation | 210 m (690 ft) |
Population (2016 census) | |
• Total | 1,377,219 |
• Density | 2,279/km2 (5,900/sq mi) |
Demonym(s) | Janvanese, Jānvān vurē |
Time zone | SCT-2 |
Website | www.jānvān.fs |
Jānvān (Koman: /ʒɒβɒn/) is the capital city of Komania. It is located at the Kāmadhar sub-region on the western half of Komania, with direct proximity to the Kāğāznār Delta and Lake Melkanchuta. With a booming population of 1,377,219 as of 2016, the city's population is the second largest in Komania, only behind Sāmādar. The city's economy is the largest in Komania and is one of the largest in the Vaniuan region. The city is separately administered from the rest of the country, thus making Komania a special city.
The city started as a small settlement built around 1000 CE. At the time, the city had only 1,000 people, according to archaeological evidence discovered in 1921. A Mahavic fortress was built shortly after 1297 CE using white coloured stones of local origin, with its walls reaching as high as 10 metres. Due to its strategic location on central Vaniu and with direct access to Lake Melkanchuta, the fortress rapidly grew to become a city with a sizable population, later to become the region's principal trade city. The fortress was used during the Sunrise Horde as a defensive fortification against Western Vaniuans in its proximity.
Etymology
The modern name of the city, Jānvān, literally translates in Koman to "white walled city". It refers to Jānvān's former city walls, which were built using white coloured stones. Through time, the name evolved along the stages of the Koman language to finally adopt its modern form.
History
The first settlements have been dated to around 1000 CE, it's first inhabitants are thought to have been ethnic Ohan people who may have moved northwards after the incoming Mahavic invasions. The city is regarded to have been officially founded in 1297 CE shortly after the Mahavic invasions on the region, the guiding commander who was, in fact, an ethnic Mishar, ordered the construction of a Mahavic fortress using the local white stone, after seeing it's strategic position along the Kāğāznār Delta. In one of his accounts he described the place as follows:
Here standing by the Great Lake of Māzēl (Melkanchuta) old stone houses left to the wind root in the hands of time, little of what remains can be seen above the tree trunks.
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