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[[Category:Rwizikuru]][[Category:Flags]]{{WIP}}{{Infobox flag
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| Name = Rwizikuru
| official_name = Port Fitzhubert
| Article =  
| other_name = reHuni
| Image = File:RwizikuruFlag.PNG
| motto = Runyararo uye kurongeka ({{wp|Shona language|weRwizi}})<br>Peace and honour
| Noborder =  
| settlement_type = City
| Nickname = ''Mureza'' (The Flag)
| image_skyline = Dar_es_Salaam_at_a_bird's_view.jpg
| Morenicks =  
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| Use = 111000
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| Proportion = 1:2
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| Adoption = 2 July, 1946
| subdivision_type = [[Wikipedia:Country|Country]]
| Design = Three equally-sized horizontal stripes of black, red, and green, with two red stars in the corners.
| subdivision_type1 = [[Rwizikuru#Districts|District]]
| subdivision_name = {{flag|Rwizikuru}}
| subdivision_name1 = [[Parunoguma]]
| established_title = Founded
| established_date = 1863
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| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name = [[Munaki Nhiwatiw]]
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| population_as_of = 2011
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| population_total = 2,859,687
| population_urban = 2,859,687
| population_metro = 5,353,606
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| population_rank = 1st in Rwizikuru
| timezone = Rwizi Standard Time
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The '''flag of [[Rwizikuru]]''' was adopted on 2 July, 1946, when Rwizikuru obtained its independence from [[Estmere]].
'''Port Fitzhubert''' is the largest city of [[Rwizikuru]] and seat of the district of [[Parunoguma]], situated on the estuary of the [[Rwizi River]] where it empties into the [[Banfura Sea]] of the [[Vehemens Ocean]].


==Design==
==Etymology==
The design comprises of three equal horizontal stripes of black, red, and green.  
The name of '''Port Fitzhubert''' derives from [[Charles Fitzhubert]], the first Estmerish official to claim present-day [[Rwizikuru]] for [[Estmere]], doing so in 1863. He named it after himself, and envisioned it becoming a major center for [[Estmere|Estmerish]] activities in [[Bahia]].


The black stripe represents [[Bahia]], as it is home to the {{wp|Africans|Bahian}} peoples, as well as representing the black soil along the [[Rwizi River]]. The red stripe represents the blood shed by Rwizikurans during the [[Great War (Kylaris)|Great War]], as well as in their struggle for independence from [[Estmere]]. Finally, the green stripe represents Rwizikuru's nature and fertility.
In the 1960s, the independent government suggested restoring its precolonial name, '''reHuni''', which derives from {{wp|Shona language|weRwizi}} word for wood, as a shortening of '''Guta reHuni''', or town of wood, as opposed to '''Guta reMabwe''' (present-day [[Chekumabvazuva]]) across the Rwizi river. However, [[Izibongo Ngonidzashe]] vetoed the idea.


In addition, there are two red stars, at the corners of the flag, which represents {{wp|African socialism|Bahian socialism}}, which was the ideology of the [[Rwizikuran National Movement]] (later the [[Mubatanidzwa weRusununguko rweRwizikuru]]). However, the red stars also have individual meanings.
==History==
===Pre-colonial era===
Prior to the colonial era, the site of what is now Port Fitzhubert was a fishing village known as Rehuni. While it was populated, with the earliest known habitation dating to around 600 BCE, it was not continuously inhabited, with the site being abandoned in 300 BCE, and resettled around 400 CE.


The red star on the black stripe, placed at top-left canton, represents anti-imperialism, and the efforts of the Rwizikuran National Movement to end colonial rule in Rwizikuru, while the red star on the green stripe, placed at the bottom-right canton, represents {{wp|socialism}} and its desire to be part of the "socialist world" while adapting it "to the conditions on the ground."
It was not considered to be the seat of power, with the [[veRwizi Empire]], which existed from the 1100s CE to around the mid-1600s CE being based near present-day [[Munzwa]]. After the collapse of the veRwizi Empire after a series of wars against the [[Wopoto Empire]], Rehuni fell under the jurisdiction of [[Chekumabvazuva|Guta reMabwe]] on the site of neighboring [[Chekumbvazuva]], where it was ruled by the Mubako dynasty.


==Gallery==
===Colonial era===
<gallery>
[[File:Dar_es_Salaam_in_1930s.JPG|150px|thumb|left|Port Fitzhubert, late 1930s]]
Rwizicolonialflaga.png|Colonial flag (1897-1937)
In 1863, [[Charles Fitzhubert]] and (TBC) soldiers established a fort in present-day Port Fitzhubert. This led to conflicts with the Mubako, who had governed the area around Chekumbvazuva and present-day Port Fitzhubert. However, with the help of gunboat diplomacy, by 1865, he was able to defeat native soldiers, and establish a settlement in Port Fitzhubert.
Rwizicolonialflagb.png|Colonial flag (1937-1946)
 
RwizikuruFlag.PNG|Current flag (1946-)
Fitzhubert organized the city along Estmerish lines, instituting a grid with nine avenues going north to south, going west from the [[Rwizi River]], and twelve streets, going from the beaches northward, and centered on a central square, where he envisioned government buildings would be located at.
</gallery>
 
(TBC)
 
===Republic===
 
===Monarchy===
 
===Contemporary era===
 
==Geography==
 
==Government==
Like any city in [[Rwizikuru]], it has an elected '''Mayor''' ({{wp|Shona language|weRwizi}}: ''meya'') and an elected '''city council''' (''kanzuru yeguta'').
 
The city council comprises of twelve members, each representing one of the city's twelve wards, and are elected every four years by all inhabitants of Port Fitzhubert over the age of 21, as stipulated in the ''[[Civic Decree of 1965]]'' issued by [[Izibongo Ngonidzashe]]. The mayor is also elected in the same elections that elect the rest of the city council.
 
The current mayor, [[Munaki Nhiwatiw]] was first elected in 2002, and was re-elected in 2006, 2010, 2014, and 2018.
 
==Population==
 
==Culture==

Revision as of 02:16, 26 August 2019

Port Fitzhubert
reHuni
City
Dar es Salaam at a bird's view.jpg
Motto(s): 
Runyararo uye kurongeka (weRwizi)
Peace and honour
CountryFile:RwizikuruFlag.PNG Rwizikuru
DistrictParunoguma
Founded1863
Government
 • MayorMunaki Nhiwatiw
Population
 (2011)
 • City2,859,687
 • Rank1st in Rwizikuru
 • Urban
2,859,687
 • Metro
5,353,606
Time zoneUTC-6 (Rwizi Standard Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-6 (not observed)

Port Fitzhubert is the largest city of Rwizikuru and seat of the district of Parunoguma, situated on the estuary of the Rwizi River where it empties into the Banfura Sea of the Vehemens Ocean.

Etymology

The name of Port Fitzhubert derives from Charles Fitzhubert, the first Estmerish official to claim present-day Rwizikuru for Estmere, doing so in 1863. He named it after himself, and envisioned it becoming a major center for Estmerish activities in Bahia.

In the 1960s, the independent government suggested restoring its precolonial name, reHuni, which derives from weRwizi word for wood, as a shortening of Guta reHuni, or town of wood, as opposed to Guta reMabwe (present-day Chekumabvazuva) across the Rwizi river. However, Izibongo Ngonidzashe vetoed the idea.

History

Pre-colonial era

Prior to the colonial era, the site of what is now Port Fitzhubert was a fishing village known as Rehuni. While it was populated, with the earliest known habitation dating to around 600 BCE, it was not continuously inhabited, with the site being abandoned in 300 BCE, and resettled around 400 CE.

It was not considered to be the seat of power, with the veRwizi Empire, which existed from the 1100s CE to around the mid-1600s CE being based near present-day Munzwa. After the collapse of the veRwizi Empire after a series of wars against the Wopoto Empire, Rehuni fell under the jurisdiction of Guta reMabwe on the site of neighboring Chekumbvazuva, where it was ruled by the Mubako dynasty.

Colonial era

Port Fitzhubert, late 1930s

In 1863, Charles Fitzhubert and (TBC) soldiers established a fort in present-day Port Fitzhubert. This led to conflicts with the Mubako, who had governed the area around Chekumbvazuva and present-day Port Fitzhubert. However, with the help of gunboat diplomacy, by 1865, he was able to defeat native soldiers, and establish a settlement in Port Fitzhubert.

Fitzhubert organized the city along Estmerish lines, instituting a grid with nine avenues going north to south, going west from the Rwizi River, and twelve streets, going from the beaches northward, and centered on a central square, where he envisioned government buildings would be located at.

(TBC)

Republic

Monarchy

Contemporary era

Geography

Government

Like any city in Rwizikuru, it has an elected Mayor (weRwizi: meya) and an elected city council (kanzuru yeguta).

The city council comprises of twelve members, each representing one of the city's twelve wards, and are elected every four years by all inhabitants of Port Fitzhubert over the age of 21, as stipulated in the Civic Decree of 1965 issued by Izibongo Ngonidzashe. The mayor is also elected in the same elections that elect the rest of the city council.

The current mayor, Munaki Nhiwatiw was first elected in 2002, and was re-elected in 2006, 2010, 2014, and 2018.

Population

Culture

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