Far’awae
Far'awae Province Propinsi Far'awae | |
|---|---|
Province | |
 Bendiau Town on Bendiau Island | |
 Flag | |
| Nickname(s): The Isles of Peace | |
| Country | Slokais Islands |
| Establishment | 01 January 1999 |
| Capital and largest city | Sendau |
| Ethnic groups | |
| Demonym(s) | Far'awaeian |
| Government | |
• Governor | Joash Bondar Pi'neh INP |
• Speaker of the Northern Isles House | Liani Susanti Darmadi INP |
| House of Elders | |
| Far'awae Provincial House | |
| National representation | |
| 3/643 | |
| Population | |
• 2020 census | 258,890 (29th) |
| Postal | FA |
Far'awae is a province of Slokais Islands located between Northern Isles and Pharitaya. Far'awae was founded in 1999 being formed from Northern Isles Province due to pressure from Indegenious activists citing the 1972 Executive Self-Representive Govermeant Act. The largest city and seat of govermeant is Sendau home to 78,690 people and is the historical center of the Far'awae Sultante.
Etymology
The province is named for the historical Sultanate established in the 14th century by Islamic traders who converted a local king. The name Far'awae means "holy place" in the Riaunan language. The name rose to popularity in the 1980s by activists seeking to re-claim the history of the Kingdom which had been illegally couped in 1901.
History
Far'awae has historically been home to water-based nomadic groups who hunted in the seafood-rich shallow sea. Around the 1100s, groups of pirates who plundered the Kingdom of Pharitaya built their camps on various islands, although originally welcomed by locals they became hostile after the pirates began to toll local fishermen. According to legends, the Far'awae Kingdom was formed at this time to drive the pirates away, although it's likely it may have existed prior. In the 1400s, Islamic traders from Pindai made an established contact in the royal capital of Sendau. Conversions grew quickly as Muslims received favorable treatment from the increasingly aggressive traders who sought the island's resources. Upon the conversion of the King, the Far'awae Sultanate was established.