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|name        = Izibongo Ngonidzashe
| official_name = Gateway
|image        = IzibongoNgonidzashe75.jpg
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|succession  = [[Monarchy of Rwizikuru|Mambo of Rwizikuru]]
| motto = {{nowrap|''Gateway to the World''}}
|reign        = 1 June, 1968 - 21 September, 1979
| settlement_type = City
|predecessor = ''himself as President''
| image_skyline = Gander,_Newfoundland_(2509713344).jpg
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|successor    = [[Kupakwashe Ngonidzashe]]
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|succession2  = [[President of Rwizikuru|Chairman of the National Salvation Council]]
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|reign2      = 18 January, 1964 - 1 June, 1968
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| subdivision_type = [[Wikipedia:Country|Country]]
|predecessor2 = [[Pierre-Ardachir Niyonzima]] {{small|(as President)}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[Administrative divisions of Surrow|County]]
|successor2  = ''himself as Mambo''
| subdivision_name = {{flag|Surrow}}
|reg-type2    = {{nowrap|[[Vice-President of Rwizikuru|Vice-President]]}}
| subdivision_name1 = [[Tuckamore County]]
|regent2      = [[Fred Ngonidzashe]]
| established_title = Founded
|spouse      = [[Anatswanashe Ngonidzashe]]
| established_date = 1938
|issue        = 10+ children, including [[Kupakwashe Ngonidzashe]]
| established_title2 = Incorporated
|full name    = Nathaniel Izibongo Ngonidzashe
| established_date2 = 1949
|house        = [[House of Ngonidzashe]]
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|father      = [[Munonzwa Ngonidzashe]]
| leader_title = Mayor
|mother      = [[Kugarakunzwana Ngonidzashe]]
| leader_name = TBD
|birth_date  = {{birth date|1921|4|28|df=y}}
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|birth_place = [[Vongai]], [[Rwizikuru|Riziland]] (present-day [[Rwizikuru]])
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|death_place = [[Crogan]], [[Rwizikuru]]
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| population_rank = 3rd in Surrow
| timezone = Surrowese Standard Time
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'''Izibongo Ngonidzashe''' (28 April, 1921 - 21 September, 1979) was a politician and military official, serving as {{wp|general}}, as the [[President of Rwizikuru|Chairman of the National Salvation Council]] after a [[Rwizikuran coup d'etat, 1964|1964 coup]] that overthrew [[Pierre-Ardachir Niyonzima]], and the first [[Monarchy of Rwizikuru|Mambo of Rwizikuru]], ascending the throne in 1968, and reigning until his death in 1979. Having been in power for 15 years, 8 months, and 3 days, he was the longest reigning leader of an independent Rwizikuru until his son and successor, [[Kupakwashe Ngonidzashe]] surpassed his record on 25 May, 1995 as the longest reigning leader of Rwizikuru.
'''Gateway''' ({{wp|Innu-aimun|Chequan}}: ''Ussiteshiuakamau'') is the third-largest city of [[Surrow]], the second-largest city on [[Holcot Island]], and the largest city in [[Tuckamore County]]. (TBC)


==Early life==
==Etymology==
Izibongo Ngonidzashe was born on 28 April, 1921, as the second child and eldest son of [[Munonzwa Ngonidzashe]] and [[Kugarakunzwana Ngonidzashe]] in the town of [[Vongai]] at the district of [[Parunoguma]]. His father was the youngest son of [[Mutupo Ngonidzashe]], who was the main ruler of the area around present-day Vongai in the late nineteenth century, whose ancestors held control of the area since roughly the 1700s.
*named because the airport makes it the gateway to Surrow


His family moved to [[Port Fitzhubert]] in 1923, as his father sought to give his children a good education. Thus, in 1926, Izibongo Ngonidzashe entered the [[Charles Fitzhubert School]], where he was described as an excellent student by his teachers, and he was noted for his propensity to go into the library to study military history for hours at a time. However, the outbreak of the [[Great War (Kylaris)|Great War]] and the subsequent [[Gaullica|Gaullican]] occupation would affect Izibongo's worldview, with Izibongo taking a stronger interest in military strategies, as well as politics.
The {{wp|Innu-aimun|Chequan}} name for Gateway is '''Ussiteshiuakamau''', meaning ''a lake covered with water lily leaves''. This name is the Chequan name for [[Tern Lake]], whose northern shore is home to Gateway, and the name has since been applied to the settlement that arose along the lake by Chequan speakers.


In 1932, he finished his elementary studies, and took the exams to get into the [[Shungudzemwoyo Nhema Grammar School|James Parlow Grammar School]] (present-day [[Shungudzemwoyo Nhema Grammar School]]). After passing them, he began his schooling at the James Parlow Grammar School, where they noted his "knowledge of most things," and his charisma, with one teacher noting that Izibongo Ngonidzashe "could easily be to [[Bahia]] what [[Sigmund Auerswald]] was to [[Euclea]]."
==History==
===Prehistory and early history===
[[File:Newfoundland_in_1911,_being_the_coronation_year_of_King_George_V._and_the_opening_of_the_second_decade_of_the_twentieth_century_(1911)_(14780178554).jpg|250px|thumb|left|View of Odvarsson House, 1911]]
The site of Gateway was traditionally inhabited by [[Native Surrowese]], with the first evidence of human habitation dating back to around 2,500 years {{wp|before present}} by the {{wp|Pre-Dorset culture|Pre-Armin culture}}, with Pre-Armin artefacts found as late as the third century BCE. This was followed by the {{wp|Dorset culture|Armin culture}}, who inhabited present-day Gateway from between 500 BCE and 500-600 AD, when the {{wp|Thule people|Proto-Itchalnu}} inhabited the area, inhabiting the area until around 1300-1330 when the {{wp|Innu people|Chequan}} arrived onto [[Holcot Island]] and expanded up the island. Due to its location near the [[Tapishko Pass]], the area around present-day Gateway has long been the site of a trail linking present-day [[Tern Harbour]] with [[Gisborne Reed]].


==Military career==
The first Auressian settlement in present-day Gateway was in 1679, when [[Elcid Barrett]] built a {{wp|log cabin}} next to [[Tern Lake]]. Due to its location along the trail between Tern Harbour and Gisborne Reed, Barrett's cabin functioned as a {{wp|bothy|shelter}} for travellers travelling between the western and eastern coast of Holcot Island. However, Barrett's son abandoned the cabin in 1701, as the land was "not suitable for any human habitation," and by the 1760s, in the aftermath of the [[Eleven Years' War (Levilion)|Eleven Years' War]], a traveler noted that Barrett's cabin was "in poor condition but still used by people travelling westwards or eastwards, as it is virtually suicide for anyone to dare to circumnavigate the island by sea."
[[File:Izibongocampaign54.jpg|250px|thumb|left|Official portrait of Izibongo Ngonidzashe, 1961]]
After finishing {{wp|sixth form}} in 1939, Izibongo Ngonidzashe would enlist in the colonial militia. Originally an enlisted soldier within the infantry, because of Izibongo Ngonidzashe's intelligence and interest in military strategies, Izibongo Ngonidzashe would be sent for further training at [[Godfredson Military Academy]] in [[Estmere]], where he was the only non-[[Freemen]] in the class.


After completing officer training in 1943, Izibongo Ngonidzashe would return back to Riziland as a Lieutenant, where Izibongo Ngonidzashe would be one of the first Bahian officers in the militia. By that point, the Colony of Riziland was preparing for independence, due to Estmere's financial woes in the post-[[Great War (Kylaris)|Great War]] period, leading to Izibongo Ngonidzashe being a valuable asset in Estmere's plans to maintain influence over Riziland post-independence. Thus, on the eve of independence, Izibongo Ngonidzashe has risen to the rank of Major. In 1946, with Riziland gaining independence as [[Rwizikuru]], Izibongo Ngonidzashe would be promoted to Colonel. During this period, Izibongo Ngonidzashe would also serve as a military instructor at the newly established [[Port Fitzhubert Military Academy]] in [[Port Fitzhubert]].
In 1843, [[Rolf Odvarsson]] from Tern Harbour secured title of the area around Barrett's abandoned cabin, demolished it, and built a {{wp|health resort}} in its place to "ground the body and soul so that it may heal any ailments and ensure that their souls may be able to reach the fields." Odvarsson's resort, known as [[Odvarsson House]] became a success, particularly in Tern Harbour, but also elsewhere, as its location "in the forests of {{wp|krummholz|tuckamore}} next to fresh water, with a very cool climate and away from the heavy air" was believed to be conducive to the health of its patients.


With the election of [[Vudzijena Nhema]] as [[President of Rwizikuru]], succeeding pro-Estmerish [[Zophar Bohannon]] in 1960, Izibongo Ngonidzashe's position would rise significantly, as Nhema sought to nativize the military: by 1957, at only the age of 36, Izibongo Ngonidzashe had risen to the rank of General, and in 1961 would become the Chief of Staff to the President. At around this point in time, Izibongo Ngonidzashe became increasingly critical of the Rwizikuran government, particularly over its decision to join the [[United Bahian Republic]], which he believed "needlessly endangered Rwizikuran national security."
By 1850, Odvarsson House reached a summer population of around 300 population, and a permanent year-round population of 30 people, most of whom were responsible for maintaining Odvarsson House itself and its associated amenities, although some of Odvarsson House's year-round population were "people of very fragile constitution who must stay at Odvarsson House." Its population would remain stable, although its economic importance grew as the trail between Tern Harbour and Gisborne Reed became a proper road and a {{wp|coaching inn}} was established to take advantage of the cross-island traffic.


By 1963, with [[Yemet]] joining the United Bahian Republic, and with [[Maucha]] coveting lands within Rwizikuru, Izibongo Ngonidzashe became concerned that the United Bahian Republic would "vastly undermine Rwizikuran independence and sovereignty." At this point in time, growing opposition in both [[Yekumavirira]] and in [[East Riziland]] against Vudzijena Nhema's economic policies, combined with Nhema's abuse of power led to the [[Royal Rwizikuran Armed Forces|Rwizikuran Army]] planning a {{wp|military coup}} against his government.
Odvarsson House continued to operate as a health resort until the early twentieth century when it started facing financial difficulty, both due to a renovation to expand it in 1884 under Rolf's son, [[Niels Odvarsson]], a sluggish economy after the [[Great Fire of 1886 (Holcot Inlet)|Great Fire of 1886]] in [[Holcot Inlet]], and advances in medicine which led to a decline in its clientele, and to a declining summer population: by 1901, its year-round population was 34 people, but the census noted during the summer, its population was "around two hundred to two hundred fifty people". With the outbreak of the [[First Great War (Levilion)|First Great War]] in 1908, Odvarsson House was converted the following year into a coaching inn, which put the nearby coaching inn out of business. However, Odvarsson House did not make as much money as a coaching inn than it did as a health resort, and Odvarsson House closed permanently in 1912.


==Coup d'etats and early leadership==
This led to a significant population decline: by the 1921 census, its permanent population fell to only 8 people, with most of them "working at a {{wp|roadhouse (premises)|roadhouse}}" that was set up at the coaching house that was closed in 1909, and [[Prime Minister of Surrow|Prime Minister]] [[Clarence Bradley]] wrote in 1927 about a trip to Odvarsson House that:
[[File:Don_Francisco_Macias.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Civilian portrait of Izibongo Ngonidzashe, 1967]]
On 3 November, 1963, while [[Vudzijena Nhema]] was attending an [[Association of Emerging Socialist Economies|AESE]] conference, the [[Royal Rwizikuran Armed Forces|Rwizikuran military]] successfully [[Rwizikuran coup d'etat, 1963|overthrew the government]], with Izibongo Ngonidzashe seizing control of the [[NMR|national radio station]] to announce that Nhema was deposed for "hindering the country's development" and threatened his arrest and trial "should he ever step foot on Rwizi soil."


Nhema's vice-president, [[Pierre-Ardachir Niyonzima]] was installed as President, pursuant to the [[Constitution of Rwizikuru, 1946|Rwizikuran constitution]]. However, in practice, Izibongo Ngonidzashe and the military held the real power, with Niyonzima being told by Ngonidzashe upon becoming President that "if you don't obey us, you will meet the same fate as Nhema."
<blockquote>"''If I had not known about the Odvarsson's once-grand health resort along the shores of Tern Lake, and if I had not known of it in its glory days, I would have believed, with all my heart, that Odvarsson House was completely unchanged since the first man stepped foot on this land centuries ago''."</blockquote>


Initially, President Niyonzima seemed willing to follow the military's directives, and reverted much of Nhema's economic policy. However, on 17 January, 1964, when he refused an order from Izibongo Ngonidzashe to "withdraw immediately from the [[United Bahian Republic]]," Niyonzima was summoned to Izibongo Ngonidzashe's residence, where he was believed to have been killed in a [[Rwizikuran coup d'etat, 1964|second coup d'etat]].
===Boom years===


On 18 January, 1964, the military declared that Niyonzima resigned, and that "due to the security situation in Rwizikuru, a [[National Salvation Council (Rwizikuru)|National Salvation Council]] is to govern the country to bring back stability and economic growth to the Republic," shortly after Izibongo offered the Presidency to [[Zophar Bohannon]], who turned down the offer.
===Modern era===


The National Salvation Council was made up of five figures, of which the initial five were [[Increase Barnard]], [[Promise Kabweza]], [[Chamunorwa Mnkandla]], Izibongo Ngonidzashe, and [[Nehemiah Taylor]]. However, Izibongo Ngonidzashe was appointed Chairman of the National Salvation Council, due to Izibongo Ngonidzashe's "charisma on radio" and his ability to communicate effectively with the Rwizikuran population.
==Geography==
situated on [[Tern Lake]], very rocky, full of krummholz


As Chairman of the National Salvation Council, Izibongo Ngonidzashe had a free hand to reverse most of Vudzijena Nhema's economic and social policies, seeking to reorient Rwizikuru's economy towards [[Euclea]] and restore Bohannon's "sensible economic policies." However, one issue that always held his attention was the situation in [[Yekumavirira]], where the [[Irfan|Irfani]] majority were critical of continued Rwizikuran rule over the area. This led to Izibongo Ngonidzashe cracking down on minority groups, with {{wp|Kinyarwanda language|Kirobyi}} being banned from public use in 1965, as well as targetting Irfan, declaring in 1966 that only three mazars would remain open: one in [[Sainte-Germaine]], one in [[Port Fitzhubert]], and one in [[Port Vaugeois]]. These policies culminated in the [[Port Vaugeois massacre]], which killed 22 people, and led to the declaration of an armed struggle by the [[Yekumavirira Liberation Movement]] who fought against the Rwizikuran government.
===Climate===
colder than Holcot Inlet, warmer than Tulaktarvik


By 1967, Izibongo Ngonidzashe had replaced almost all of the National Salvation Council with his own supporters, and he began making plans to create a monarchy. These were opposed by [[Promise Kabweza]], who feared that it would destabilize Rwizikuru too much, and would be a "violation of [Izibongo's] own promise when he overthrew Niyonzima." It culminated in an [[Port Fitzhubert putsch, 1968|attempted coup]] the following year, led by Promise Kabweza, but Izibongo Ngonidzashe's loyalists were able to quell the coup.
==Demographics==
As of the 2021 census, Gateway's population was 11,688 people, making Gateway the third-largest city in Surrow after [[Holcot Inlet]] and [[Tulaktarvik]], and the largest settlement in Surrow to not be a county seat.


By March 1968, Izibongo Ngonidzashe began making plans to create an {{wp|absolute monarchy}}, convinced that republicanism was "not feasible for societies like Rwizikuru, who need the rule of a strong king to bind the nation together."
Racially, the largest group in Gateway are Auressian-Surrowese, with 11,655 people, or around 99.7% of the population. Estimates suggest that TBD are of Rythenan descent, TBD are of Tyrnican origin, and TBD belong to other Auressian groups. The next largest racial group are other racial groups, with 18 people, or around 0.2% of the city's population belong to other racial groups. The smallest racial group are [[Native Surrowese]], with 15 people, or around 0.1% of the city's population, with estimates that 100% of the Native Surrowese population in Gateway are of {{wp|Innu people|Chequan}} descent.


==Monarch==
Religiously, Gateway is majority-[[Perendism|Perendist]], with 11,331 people, or around 97% of the city's population following Perendism. 332 people, or around 2.8% of the city's population are {{wp|irreligion|irreligious}}, while 25 people, or around 0.2% of the city's population follow other religions.
===Coronation and wars===
On 1 June, 1968, Izibongo Ngonidzashe held a coronation ceremony. On the advice of TBD, it was held in the citadel at [[Munzwa|Old Munzwa]], with "every chief and prince across the land" invited to pay homage to the new King.


(TBC)
Linguistically, TBC.


==Death==
==Economy==
On the 21st of September, 1979, after visiting the Saunders farm outside of [[Crogan]] in the district of [[Dzakakwirira]], Izibongo Ngonidzashe was heading back to Crogan in a royal motorcade, to attend a banquet held in his honor by the white community in Crogan, when the car he was in experienced a {{wp|Side collision#Broadside or T-bone collision|broadside collision}} as they were entering the outskirts of town. The driver was immediately arrested by his bodyguards, while Izibongo was rushed in another car to the local hospital.
[[File:Gander_International_Airport_(satellite_view).jpg|250px|thumb|right|Satellite view of [[Gateway International Airport]]]]


By the time Izibongo Ngonidzashe arrived, he was in a {{wp|critical condition}}. Despite the doctors' best efforts at treating him, he was declared dead at 4:58 pm. The news was immediately communicated to the crown prince, [[Kupakwashe Ngonidzashe]], who was in [[Guta raMambo]] at the time.
is basically reliant on ''the'' airport, plus stuff that sprung up around the airport


With the rest of the royal family informed, Kupakwashe Ngonidzashe informed the [[NMR]] to immediately broadcast the news of Izibongo's death: thus, at 5:50 pm, the news was broadcast over radio from the flag station at [[Port Fitzhubert]]. The broadcast was repeated, as all other stations cut to the flag station's coverage.
==Culture==


The following day, [[Kwasiza]] published a front-page obituary to the deceased [[Monarchy of Rwizikuru|Mambo]], and hailed Kupakwashe Ngonidzashe as the new Mambo of Rwizikuru.
==Government==
Gateway's municipal government is structured on a {{wp|mayor-council}} system, with the Mayor being directly elected by the citizens, along with a representative to the five-member [[Gateway City Council]]. The current Mayor of Gateway is [[Jasmine Block]], who was first elected in 2022 after succeeding long-term incumbent [[Bill Wirz]], who served as mayor since 1998.


His body was transported by plane to Port Fitzhubert, as the church in Guta raMambo was not completed, where he {{wp|lying in state|laid in state}} at the old palace in Port Fitzhubert. On 1st October, a funeral service was held at [[Saint David's Church, Port Fitzhubert|Saint David's Church]] in {{wp|Methodism|High Estmerish}} rites. His body was subsequently flown back to Guta raMambo, where he was interred at the royal cemetery.
As the largest city in Tuckamore County, Gateway is represented by seven of the nine members of the [[Tuckamore County#Government|Tuckamore County Council]].


The driver (a [[Murungu]] farmer) was tried in December 1979, and was sentenced to fifteen years in prison for {{wp|vehicular manslaughter}}. However, Kupakwashe Ngonidzashe pardoned the driver in May 1980.
On the national level, Gateway is represented by seven seats in the [[Parliament of Surrow|Surrowese Parliament]]. Of the seven seats, six are from the [[United People's Party (Surrow)|United People's Party]], and one is from the [[Alliance of Cooperativists and Trade Unionists (Surrow)|Alliance of Cooperativists and Trade Unionists]].


There have been allegations by some senior royals in the past that the driver was an Estmerish spy, but it has been denied by both Kupakwashe Ngonidzashe, and the Estmerish.
==Infrastructure==
===Education===
Public primary and secondary education is provided by Tuckamore County, with the county government operating two primary schools and a secondary school, which all follow the [[Surrow#Education|Surrowese curriculum]].


==Legacy==
There is no institutions that offer post-secondary education in Gateway, with graduates usually going to [[Holcot Inlet]] to further their education.
[[File:Francisco_Macías_Nguema.jpg|150px|thumb|right|A profile of him on a [[Rwizikuran shilling]] banknote, c. 1980]]


Izibongo Ngonidzashe's legacy has generally been negative, especially among foreigners. Supporters, such as [[Rupenyu Chikerema]], professor at the [[University of Rwizikuru]], and sociologist [[Watinoda Kumbula]] have praised Izibongo's achievements in developing a "non-colonial society," with his appeal to {{wp|Shona people|Rwizi}} traditions, culture, and nationalism, as well as his commitment to not accepting any form of foreign aid.
===Healthcare===
There is one hospital in Gateway, [[Rolf Odvarsson Hospital]], although for cases too complicated to be treated in Gateway, it will send patients to Holcot Inlet.


However, opponents, such as [[Muchazvireva Ngonidzashe]], leader of the [[Rwizikuru government-in-exile]] in [[Caldia]], and professor (TBD) of (TBD university) have criticized his authoritarian nature, his willingness to oppress minorities, both ethnic (in the case of the [[Mirites]]) and religious (in the case of the [[Irfan|Irfanic]] population), and the fact that he had stymied development out of fear that foreign countries would exploit Rwizikuru's wealth. Many opponents in [[Bahia]] also noted that his declaration of an absolute monarchy played a key role in destroying the [[United Bahian Republic]], as it precipitated [[Tabora]]'s withdrawal, and led to the deadlock which tore the organisation apart following the [[Garamburan War of Independence]].
===Transportation===
Highway 1 goes through it, airport is also there


While it is impossible to determine accurate statistics on his approval rating, due to Rwizikuru's {{wp|lèse-majesté}} laws, many in Rwizikuru have appreciated him for his efforts at creating a non-colonial society.
==Media==
in range of SBC transmitters that serves [[Hairings Harbour]] which also serves [[Tern Harbour]], locals can also receive the Holcot Inlet papers


In addition, many places in Rwizikuru are named after him, such as the [[King Izibongo School]] in [[Guta raMambo]], and the [[Izibongo Memorial Hospital]] in [[Crogan]], where he died, and was renamed posthumously.
==Sister cities==
 
==Personal life==
In 1939, Izibongo Ngonidzashe met his future wife, 18 year old [[Anatswanashe Ngonidzashe|Anatswanashe Nhema]], daughter of [[Shungudzemwoyo Nhema]], when his uncle introduced him to her father, fellow nationalist [[Shungudzemwoyo Nhema]]. After having fallen in love, they got married in 1940.
 
He was the father of five sons with [[Anatswanshe Ngonidzashe]]: [[Kupakwashe Ngonidzashe]], who was born in 1942, [[Simbarashe Ngonidzashe]] who was born in 1944, and died in 1996, [[Tashongedzwa Ngonidzashe]], who was born in 1947, Shungudzemwoyo Ngonidzashe, who was born in 1950 and died in 1959 of {{wp|malaria}}, and [[Taropafadzwa Ngonidzashe]], who was born in 1954.
 
In addition, he had five daughters with Anatswanshe Ngonidzashe: Farisai Chimutengwende, born in 1941 and died in 2005, Chiratidzo Towungana, who was born in 1944 as a twin sibling of Simbarashe, Tinotendaisheanesu Mnkandla, who was born in 1952, Nyemwererai Mtawarira, who was born in 1956, and died in 2011, and the youngest daughter, Isheanopa Ngonidzashe, who was born in 1958.
 
However, from the early 1970s onward, he exercised the {{wp|droit du seigneur|droit de cuissage}}. By the time of his death in 1979, he had at least three illegitimate children of various women between 1971 and 1979, with some sources claiming that he had as many as 70 illegitimate children in that time span.
 
He was a member of the [[Embrian Communion]], and was known to be extraordinarily devout, with a priest in [[Port Fitzhubert]] saying that Izibongo was "an extraordinary member of the church: he made sure to attend every service, and sought to expound these principles in everyone."
 
He was fluent in {{wp|Shona language|Rwizi}}, {{wp|English language|Estmerish}}, and {{wp|French language|Gaullican}}, and could carry a basic conversation in the {{wp|Kinyarwanda language|Kirobyi language}}.
 
==Titles and honors==
*'''28 April, 1921 - 2 December, 1954''' - Izibongo Ngonidzashe
*'''2 December, 1954 - 2 December, 1964''' - ''His Excellency'' Izibongo Ngonidzashe, ''President of the Republic of Rwizikuru''
*'''2 December, 1964 - 21 September, 1979''' - ''His Most Faithful Majesty'' Izibongo Ngonidzashe
*'''Full regnal title''' - ''His Most Faithful Majesty'' Ngonidzashe II, ''by the {{wp|Grace of God}}, and by the will of the Rwizikuran people through the [[Mberi kweRudzi|MR]]'s heroic efforts against [[Estmere|the colonizer]], Mambo and {{wp|Nganga#Shona N'anga/Zulu Nyanga|N'anga}} of the Rwizikuran nation and of the veRwizi people''
 
===Domestic honors===
*{{flagicon|Rwizikuru}} - Sovereign of the Nation, 1968
*{{flagicon|Rwizikuru}} - Commander of the Order of the Elephant, 1968
*{{flagicon|Rwizikuru}} - Order of Merit, 1950
*{{flagicon|Rwizikuru}} - [[Mabifian-Rwizikuran War]] Medal, 1969
 
===Foreign honors===
 
 
(TBC)

Latest revision as of 22:36, 30 November 2024

Gateway
City
Gander, Newfoundland (2509713344).jpg
Motto: 
Gateway to the World
Country Surrow
CountyTuckamore County
Founded1938
Incorporated1949
Government
 • MayorTBD
Population
 (2021)
 • City11,688
 • Rank3rd in Surrow
 • Urban
11,688
Time zoneUTC-4 (Surrowese Standard Time)
 • Summer (DST)not observed

Gateway (Chequan: Ussiteshiuakamau) is the third-largest city of Surrow, the second-largest city on Holcot Island, and the largest city in Tuckamore County. (TBC)

Etymology

  • named because the airport makes it the gateway to Surrow

The Chequan name for Gateway is Ussiteshiuakamau, meaning a lake covered with water lily leaves. This name is the Chequan name for Tern Lake, whose northern shore is home to Gateway, and the name has since been applied to the settlement that arose along the lake by Chequan speakers.

History

Prehistory and early history

View of Odvarsson House, 1911

The site of Gateway was traditionally inhabited by Native Surrowese, with the first evidence of human habitation dating back to around 2,500 years before present by the Pre-Armin culture, with Pre-Armin artefacts found as late as the third century BCE. This was followed by the Armin culture, who inhabited present-day Gateway from between 500 BCE and 500-600 AD, when the Proto-Itchalnu inhabited the area, inhabiting the area until around 1300-1330 when the Chequan arrived onto Holcot Island and expanded up the island. Due to its location near the Tapishko Pass, the area around present-day Gateway has long been the site of a trail linking present-day Tern Harbour with Gisborne Reed.

The first Auressian settlement in present-day Gateway was in 1679, when Elcid Barrett built a log cabin next to Tern Lake. Due to its location along the trail between Tern Harbour and Gisborne Reed, Barrett's cabin functioned as a shelter for travellers travelling between the western and eastern coast of Holcot Island. However, Barrett's son abandoned the cabin in 1701, as the land was "not suitable for any human habitation," and by the 1760s, in the aftermath of the Eleven Years' War, a traveler noted that Barrett's cabin was "in poor condition but still used by people travelling westwards or eastwards, as it is virtually suicide for anyone to dare to circumnavigate the island by sea."

In 1843, Rolf Odvarsson from Tern Harbour secured title of the area around Barrett's abandoned cabin, demolished it, and built a health resort in its place to "ground the body and soul so that it may heal any ailments and ensure that their souls may be able to reach the fields." Odvarsson's resort, known as Odvarsson House became a success, particularly in Tern Harbour, but also elsewhere, as its location "in the forests of tuckamore next to fresh water, with a very cool climate and away from the heavy air" was believed to be conducive to the health of its patients.

By 1850, Odvarsson House reached a summer population of around 300 population, and a permanent year-round population of 30 people, most of whom were responsible for maintaining Odvarsson House itself and its associated amenities, although some of Odvarsson House's year-round population were "people of very fragile constitution who must stay at Odvarsson House." Its population would remain stable, although its economic importance grew as the trail between Tern Harbour and Gisborne Reed became a proper road and a coaching inn was established to take advantage of the cross-island traffic.

Odvarsson House continued to operate as a health resort until the early twentieth century when it started facing financial difficulty, both due to a renovation to expand it in 1884 under Rolf's son, Niels Odvarsson, a sluggish economy after the Great Fire of 1886 in Holcot Inlet, and advances in medicine which led to a decline in its clientele, and to a declining summer population: by 1901, its year-round population was 34 people, but the census noted during the summer, its population was "around two hundred to two hundred fifty people". With the outbreak of the First Great War in 1908, Odvarsson House was converted the following year into a coaching inn, which put the nearby coaching inn out of business. However, Odvarsson House did not make as much money as a coaching inn than it did as a health resort, and Odvarsson House closed permanently in 1912.

This led to a significant population decline: by the 1921 census, its permanent population fell to only 8 people, with most of them "working at a roadhouse" that was set up at the coaching house that was closed in 1909, and Prime Minister Clarence Bradley wrote in 1927 about a trip to Odvarsson House that:

"If I had not known about the Odvarsson's once-grand health resort along the shores of Tern Lake, and if I had not known of it in its glory days, I would have believed, with all my heart, that Odvarsson House was completely unchanged since the first man stepped foot on this land centuries ago."

Boom years

Modern era

Geography

situated on Tern Lake, very rocky, full of krummholz

Climate

colder than Holcot Inlet, warmer than Tulaktarvik

Demographics

As of the 2021 census, Gateway's population was 11,688 people, making Gateway the third-largest city in Surrow after Holcot Inlet and Tulaktarvik, and the largest settlement in Surrow to not be a county seat.

Racially, the largest group in Gateway are Auressian-Surrowese, with 11,655 people, or around 99.7% of the population. Estimates suggest that TBD are of Rythenan descent, TBD are of Tyrnican origin, and TBD belong to other Auressian groups. The next largest racial group are other racial groups, with 18 people, or around 0.2% of the city's population belong to other racial groups. The smallest racial group are Native Surrowese, with 15 people, or around 0.1% of the city's population, with estimates that 100% of the Native Surrowese population in Gateway are of Chequan descent.

Religiously, Gateway is majority-Perendist, with 11,331 people, or around 97% of the city's population following Perendism. 332 people, or around 2.8% of the city's population are irreligious, while 25 people, or around 0.2% of the city's population follow other religions.

Linguistically, TBC.

Economy

Satellite view of Gateway International Airport

is basically reliant on the airport, plus stuff that sprung up around the airport

Culture

Government

Gateway's municipal government is structured on a mayor-council system, with the Mayor being directly elected by the citizens, along with a representative to the five-member Gateway City Council. The current Mayor of Gateway is Jasmine Block, who was first elected in 2022 after succeeding long-term incumbent Bill Wirz, who served as mayor since 1998.

As the largest city in Tuckamore County, Gateway is represented by seven of the nine members of the Tuckamore County Council.

On the national level, Gateway is represented by seven seats in the Surrowese Parliament. Of the seven seats, six are from the United People's Party, and one is from the Alliance of Cooperativists and Trade Unionists.

Infrastructure

Education

Public primary and secondary education is provided by Tuckamore County, with the county government operating two primary schools and a secondary school, which all follow the Surrowese curriculum.

There is no institutions that offer post-secondary education in Gateway, with graduates usually going to Holcot Inlet to further their education.

Healthcare

There is one hospital in Gateway, Rolf Odvarsson Hospital, although for cases too complicated to be treated in Gateway, it will send patients to Holcot Inlet.

Transportation

Highway 1 goes through it, airport is also there

Media

in range of SBC transmitters that serves Hairings Harbour which also serves Tern Harbour, locals can also receive the Holcot Inlet papers

Sister cities

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