Guédiawaye

Guédiawaye Nanterre du Sud
City
View of Revolutionary Square in Central Guédiawaye
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Nickname(s):  City of Roses, The Guédiawaye
Motto:  Jëfekaay bi askan wi am (Le progrès du peuple)
Country	Kolda
Administrative District (Province)	Guédiawaye-Lennes
Founded	808 CE
Government
• Mayor	Colgema Segnane (KLF-U)
Area
• Total	4,560 km2 (1,761 sq mi)
Population  (2019)
• Total	2,891,435
• Density	630/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
Demonym	Guédiawayeans
Website	VilleGuédiawaye.ko

Guédiawaye is the largest and capital city of Kolda. The city is a key economic, political, and historical hub of Neria and is located along the Tenebric Ocean. Historically, Guédiawaye was the center of the Koldan Empire and then under the control of Costeno, French, and Larelian control. The current population of Guédiawaye is 2,891,435 people.

History

Guédiawaye was originally a collection of fishing settlements before 800 when the city was established as the summer capital of the Kolda Empire, by King Akcan Ienga. Ienga also constructed a nearby market and administrative buildings that became the center of the new city. As trade between inland Kolda and the rest of Neria continued to grow, traders moved to Guédiawaye to help manage their business. Much of the new construction consisted of informal mud-brick houses and shops. Ienga passed the throne onto his descendants for 400 years until the arrival of Islam led to the reorganization of the empire under a Caliph. Caplih Al-Hamoud Tulkour, a proponent of the arts and sciences reorganized the city, following a detailed plan with the Mosque of Guédiawaye at its center. As the Koldan Empire grew in prominence, Guédiawaye grew along with it. In 1020, Kolda's first university, The House of Knowing opened to study natural and physical sciences. Around the same time, a new Caliph took control named Abukar Enmini, Emini was from the lower class of Guédiawaye society and during his reign created many public services.

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Guédiawaye is located along the Swordfish coast, a geographic era of fertile seaside mountains on a dry and rocky coast. The city is divided into 10 arrondissements. Arrondissements 1 through 5 are located east of the Vincennes River, a narrow controlled river located just east of the Old City, while Arrondissements 6 through 10 are located to the west of the river. Much of the city is flat, however, the southern parts of the city are hilly, with the highest point being Mount Diangare at 1,050 meters above sea level.

The government of Kolda is located along Revolutionary Square in the 1st Arrondissement, with the Assembly Building and the Presidential Palace facing a central square with a statue of Seynabou Gano, the first president of the Koldan Republic. Additionally, several state-run companies and organizations have their headquarters located in the 1st Arrondissement. This is partly due to Central Road Station, located within the district having rail connections to the rest of Kolda as well as the Guédiawaye Metrorail. Located at the entrance to the Vincenes River is the Great Mosque of Guédiawaye and the Old City, a dense cityscape of merchant and residential buildings.