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Gateway
City
Motto:  Gateway to the World
Country	Surrow
County	Tuckamore County
Founded	1938
Incorporated	1949
Government
• Mayor	TBD
Population  (2021)
• City	11,688
• Rank	3rd in Surrow
• Urban	11,688
Time zone	UTC-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

• traditional hunting grounds for the Native Surrowese, some good freshwater fish can be found there
• some crazy guy from Tern Harbour built a cabin there in the 1840s, was abandoned in the 1860s because it was a massive pain in the ass to get to

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

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, Gateway 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