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| {{Infobox settlement | | {{Infobox settlement |
| | official_name = Port Fitzhubert | | | official_name = Fangsu |
| | other_name = reHuni | | | other_name = {{lang-zh|labels=no|方苏}} |
| | motto = Runyararo uye kurongeka ({{wp|Shona language|weRwizi}})<br>Peace and honour
| | | motto = TBD |
| | settlement_type = City | | | settlement_type = City |
| | image_skyline = Dar_es_Salaam_at_a_bird's_view.jpg | | | image_skyline = Oriental_Hotel_1.jpg |
| | image_flag = | | | image_flag = |
| | image_seal = | | | image_seal = |
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| | subdivision_name1 = [[Parunoguma]] | | | subdivision_name1 = [[Parunoguma]] |
| | established_title = Founded | | | established_title = Founded |
| | established_date = 1863 | | | established_date = 2009 |
| | established_title2 = | | | established_title2 = |
| | established_date2 = | | | established_date2 = |
| | government_type = | | | government_type = |
| | leader_title = Mayor | | | leader_title = |
| | leader_name = [[Munaki Nhiwatiw]] | | | leader_name = |
| | area_magnitude = | | | area_magnitude = |
| | area_total_sq_mi = | | | area_total_sq_mi = |
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| | population_as_of = 2011 | | | population_as_of = 2011 |
| | population_footnotes = | | | population_footnotes = |
| | population_total = 2,859,687 | | | population_total = 1,340 |
| | population_urban = 2,859,687 | | | population_urban = 1,340 |
| | population_metro = 5,353,606 | | | population_metro = |
| | population_density_sq_mi = | | | population_density_sq_mi = |
| | population_density_km2 = | | | population_density_km2 = |
| | population_rank = 1st in Rwizikuru | | | population_rank = X in Rwizikuru |
| | timezone = Rwizi Standard Time | | | timezone = Rwizi Standard Time |
| | utc_offset = -6 | | | utc_offset = -6 |
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| '''Port Fitzhubert''' is the largest city of [[Rwizikuru]] and seat of the district of [[Parunoguma]], situated on the estuary of the [[Rwizikuru River]] where it empties into the [[Banfura Sea]] of the [[Vehemens Ocean]]. | | '''Fangsu''' ({{wp|Cantonese language|Jindanese}}: {{lang-zh|labels=no|方苏}}) is a city under construction near [[Port Fitzhubert]]. Named after [[Wu Fang-su]], the city includes a port designed to relieve capacity from the [[Port of Port Fitzhubert]]. |
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| ==Etymology==
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| 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]].
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| 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 [[Rwizikuru River]]. However, [[Izibongo Ngonidzashe]] vetoed the idea.
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| ==History==
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| ===Pre-colonial era===
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| ===Colonial era===
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| [[File:Dar_es_Salaam_in_1930s.JPG|150px|thumb|left|Port Fitzhubert, late 1930s]]
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| 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.
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| Fitzhubert organized the city along Estmerish lines, instituting a grid with nine avenues going north to south, going west from the [[Rwizikuru River]], and twelve streets, going from the beaches northward, and centered on a central square, where he envisioned government buildings would be located at.
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| ===Republic===
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| ===Monarchy===
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| ===Contemporary era===
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| ==Geography==
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| ==Government==
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| Like any city in [[Rwizikuru]], it has an elected '''Mayor''' ({{wp|Shona language|weRwizi}}: ''meya'') and an elected '''city council''' (''kanzuru yeguta'').
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| 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.
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| The current mayor, [[Munaki Nhiwatiw]] was first elected in 2002, and was re-elected in 2006, 2010, 2014, and 2018.
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