Dolphin Isle Province
Dolphin Isle Provinsi Pulau Delphulau Dolphin Isle Province | |
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Province | |
 Flag | |
| Nickname(s): The Sunshine Province | |
| Country | Slokais Islands |
| Establishment | 01 January 1924 |
| Capital | Ciudad Delphin |
| Largest city | Cupertino |
| Official languages | English, Slokasian, Spanish, Arabic |
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| Demonym(s) | Delphinine's |
| Government | |
• Governor | Pia Marquez (Green) |
• Speaker of the Dolphin Isle Legislature | Paulo Gabriel Anderson |
| Dolphin Isle Senate | |
| Dolphin Isle Legislature | |
| National representation | |
| 9/643 | |
| Population | |
• 2025 census | 969,439 (20th) |
| Postal | DI |
Dolphin Isle is a province of Slokais Island, which makes up the southern end of Islas Dolphines, bordering Bimhjar to the north. With a population of 969,439 people, and a capital at Ciudad Delphin. Additionally, the city of Cupertino is split between Bimhjar as per the 1970 Agreement, which divided the city along ethnic and religious lines. Compared to its northern neighbor, Dolphin Isle has a large Costeno population due to heavy colonial settlement and migration from nearby Aredoa; the province has the largest Costeno population percentage-wise, with 41%. Traditionally, shipbuilding and wine production were the largest industries; however, tourism has grown in recent years with several major resorts being opened and frequent daily flights.
History
The original population of Dolphin Isle was the ethnic Koah, who predate other indigenous groups. Most of the remaining population lives in Bimhjar, with the group being merged into the Bimhj and Yeti-Ke ethnic groups. The Kamjanian Empire controlled the region for several centuries, building several temples and establishing what would become modern-day Cupertino. After their collapse, the Tedaya Empire took over, becoming the first to use the thick wood of the interior for shipbuilding. Through the trade-network, the Minjian Faith was introduced, with several Minjian communities being built along the coast. In the 1300s, Islam arrived through the Kaijanese Sultanate, who kicked out the Tedayanos. They moved political and economic power inland to Bimhjagarta, with the namesake emirate being founded in 1509. The southern region of the new emirate was initially resistant, as the Minjian population was subjected as Islam as the required faith of the state. After years of conflict, the Ren population moved to what was called Candigi (now Cupertino). Upon Costeno's arrival in the 1600s, they quickly took up establishing wineries and estates across the southernmost regions of the island and began a campaign of conversions to Catholicism.