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==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
The name of the city of Tequitinitlan derives from the Nahuatl words for "worker" (π»π―πΏπΆπ¨π»π¨ππ¨, ''tequitini'') and the suffix ''-tlan'' (π»ππ°π) denoting a place where such could be found. Directly translated, Tequitinitlan is the City of Workers, although this is also interpreted as the City of Work or Industry City. This naming convention stems from the political context of the city's foundation during the Xolotecate era, meant to evoke the ideals of the new and modern Zacapican the nation's leadership intended to foster. From its inception, Tequitinitlan was planned to house not only the government for the Zacaco Republic but also the machinery of the new industries being established all across the country which the high authorities intended to make the face of the nation. Β | The name of the city of Tequitinitlan derives from the Nahuatl words for "worker" (π»π―πΏπΆπ¨π»π¨ππ¨, ''tequitini'') and the suffix ''-tlan'' (π»ππ°π) denoting a place where such could be found. Directly translated, Tequitinitlan is the ''City of Workers'', although this is also interpreted as the ''City of Work'' or ''Industry City''. This naming convention stems from the political context of the city's foundation during the Xolotecate era, meant to evoke the ideals of the new and modern Zacapican the nation's leadership intended to foster. From its inception, Tequitinitlan was planned to house not only the government for the Zacaco Republic but also the machinery of the new industries being established all across the country which the high authorities intended to make the face of the nation. Β | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
==Demographics== | ==Demographics== | ||
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Tequitinitlan
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   Clockwise from top: Cityscape of the central wards, Green River Business Center, Coral Tower | |
| Country | Zacapican |
| Republic | Zacaco |
| Atlepetl | Tequitinitlan |
| Established | 1914 |
| Districts | 12
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| Government | |
| β’ Altepepixqui | Manauia Tlaxetli |
| β’ First Altepehuaque | Cachima Ezmac |
| β’ Chief Magistrate | Tzotemoc Miltic |
| Area | |
| β’ Total | 349 km2 (135 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 221 m (725 ft) |
| Population (2022 census) | |
| β’ Total | 4,706,097 |
| β’ Density | 13,485/km2 (34,930/sq mi) |
Tequitinitlan (Nahuatl: π»π―πΏπΆπ¨π»π¨ππ¨π»ππ°π, known colloquially as Tequi, is the second largest city in Zacapican and the capital of the Zacaco Republic. It is located 500 kilometers southeast of Quitzapatzaro and some 200 kilometers inland from the Makrian ocean, in the southern Zacaco valley. Tequitinitlan is a large city with 4.7 million citizens spread out over 349 square kilometers, giving a relatively low average density of roughly 13,000 per square kilometer. The city is the most well known example of the Zacapine planned cities, built from scratch beginning in 1914 and expanding outwards through a series of urban expansion plans as the population grew. The city center was purpose built to serve as the political center for the Zacaco Republic, relocating the government from its temporary headquarters in Tecolotlan into new administrative offices, a new legislature building and a new set of courthouses. The needs of the expanding population and municipal economy which have emerged since, as well as the expansion of the city and Republican governments have necessitated the near constant expansion of the original facilities and neighborhoods, rapidly advancing the frontiers of the Tequitinitlan altepetl into the surrounding flat land of the Zacaco valley.
As a true metropolis in the Zacaco Republic, Tequitinitlan is a major cultural, economic and financial center for the surrounding region. Tequitinitlan is not only the political center of Zacaco, but the focus point of much of its industry and business activity as well. Many of the small to mid sized industrial cities of the southern Zacaco valley are part of an interconnected supply chain, the central hub of which is the city of Tequitinitlan with its own large manufacturing sector. The city houses the Zacaco Mutual Bank, and a major branch of the Agricultural Bank of Zacapican, both of which are deeply involved in funding development and investment in Tequitinitlan and the surrounding region. While the city is mostly known for its steel works and traditional manufacturing, it is also home to some of the more high end manufacturing in Zacapican aimed at ensuring the city's industry is able to keep up to the national and international standard and diversify itself. In particular, Tequitinitlan is home to most of Zacapican's semiconductor manufacturing, a complex productive process vital for the manufacturing of modern computers. This makes the industrial city a key link in the supply chains of the Zacaco Republic, the wider United Zacapine Republics, and the worldwide economy.
Etymology
The name of the city of Tequitinitlan derives from the Nahuatl words for "worker" (π»π―πΏπΆπ¨π»π¨ππ¨, tequitini) and the suffix -tlan (π»ππ°π) denoting a place where such could be found. Directly translated, Tequitinitlan is the City of Workers, although this is also interpreted as the City of Work or Industry City. This naming convention stems from the political context of the city's foundation during the Xolotecate era, meant to evoke the ideals of the new and modern Zacapican the nation's leadership intended to foster. From its inception, Tequitinitlan was planned to house not only the government for the Zacaco Republic but also the machinery of the new industries being established all across the country which the high authorities intended to make the face of the nation.
History
Demographics
Urban Structure
The urban landscape of Tequitinitlan is somewhat unusual compared to other Zacapine cities due to its relatively young age and nature as a fully planned city established in the 20th century. The early designers of the city left a distinctive modernist mark on the planning and architecture of the city center and many of its iconic districts and buildings, setting Tequitinitlan apart from the decidedly older and more varied major cities of Zacapican such as Angatahuaca and Tecolotlan. The pre-planned nature of the city allowed for the implementation of a highly geometric and rationalized layout to the city districts, featuring long straight avenues and transit arteries, public transportation systems that could be pre-built before the urbanization of the area, and above all the somewhat iconic Zacapine urban concept of the Altepetlianca which would serve as a self contained calpolli. These altepetlianca districts were built from large multi-story apartment complexes ranging in size from 4 to 17 floors arranged in squares open on one side towards an internal park where a playground or sports field could be found. Each altepetlianca in Tequitinitlan was designed to house between 5,000 and 20,000 residents, equivalent to the average population of an industrial calpolli under the economic model of Zacapican, and would provide localized services such as shops, clinics, pharmacies, day-cares and primary schools within their perimeter for the ease and convenience of the residents. The concept of the altepetlianca was to house the entire workforce of a calpolli factory and their families in a single self-contained housing center complete with recreation space and all the ameneties necessary for the daily life of the community.
The overall layout of the city was that of a wheel, whose spokes were seven major axial avenues traveling from one end of the city to the opposite and all circling around the central wards where the government buildings, central plazas, education and leisure institutions would be housed. Outside the central wards, in the space between the axial avenues, a series of concentric roads would allow transit between the major avenues and into the bulk of the city itself, which would be made up altepetlianca housing in some areas and factory districts in others. Tequitinitlan was planned with an expansive metro system from the start, with many of the train tunnels excavated and set into place before any construction had begun on the districts above. In particular, lines were planned out in advance to provide transit to and from the outlying wards and the city center with its important services and institutions, as well as providing transport between those wards where the workers lived and the districts where their factories were located.
As the city expanded, priorities for the design of new neighborhoods changed. In particular, the provision of shops, schools and other amenities to each individual altepetlianca would be seen as inefficient and expensive sacrifices made for the sake of walkability. City services would be increasingly concentrated and centralized to cut costs in new neighborhoods, resulting in larger schools, hospitals and shops, while the average height of the apartment structures would rise from 4-6 stories to a height of 12-15 stories with less green space afforded between each block of housing. This would bring in a type of centralized service center reminiscent of a shopping mall, a previously alien concept to Zacapine cities, as shops would be moved from being spread out across street level into large consolidated structures that would increase the efficiency of these services and expand the number of citizens that could be serviced by a single shop or city service like a school or clinic. As with many Zacapine cities, Tequitinitlan has very little gradient between the town and the surrounding countryside. The built up structure of the distinctive urban apartment blocks continues right up to the edge of the city, where they transition abruptly to the open cultivated milpas of the surrounding Zacaco valley.
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Climate
| Climate data for Municipal Palace, City Center | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high Β°C (Β°F) | 41.6 (106.9) |
41.2 (106.2) |
39.4 (102.9) |
36.2 (97.2) |
35.5 (95.9) |
32.8 (91.0) |
34.3 (93.7) |
38.2 (100.8) |
41.1 (106.0) |
42.0 (107.6) |
41.5 (106.7) |
43.5 (110.3) |
43.5 (110.3) |
| Average high Β°C (Β°F) | 30.9 (87.6) |
29.6 (85.3) |
28.1 (82.6) |
24.8 (76.6) |
21.3 (70.3) |
18.7 (65.7) |
18.3 (64.9) |
21.1 (70.0) |
23.2 (73.8) |
26.6 (79.9) |
28.7 (83.7) |
30.3 (86.5) |
25.1 (77.2) |
| Daily mean Β°C (Β°F) | 24.3 (75.7) |
23.1 (73.6) |
21.7 (71.1) |
18.0 (64.4) |
14.5 (58.1) |
11.4 (52.5) |
10.8 (51.4) |
13.3 (55.9) |
15.7 (60.3) |
19.5 (67.1) |
21.8 (71.2) |
23.7 (74.7) |
18.2 (64.8) |
| Average low Β°C (Β°F) | 18.5 (65.3) |
17.5 (63.5) |
16.4 (61.5) |
12.8 (55.0) |
9.4 (48.9) |
6.3 (43.3) |
5.5 (41.9) |
7.3 (45.1) |
9.5 (49.1) |
13.3 (55.9) |
15.6 (60.1) |
17.9 (64.2) |
12.5 (54.5) |
| Record low Β°C (Β°F) | 7.6 (45.7) |
7.5 (45.5) |
2.5 (36.5) |
β0.5 (31.1) |
β4.3 (24.3) |
β6.1 (21.0) |
β7.1 (19.2) |
β4.9 (23.2) |
β2.6 (27.3) |
1.5 (34.7) |
3.7 (38.7) |
7.0 (44.6) |
β7.1 (19.2) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 126.3 (4.97) |
97.0 (3.82) |
112.1 (4.41) |
61.3 (2.41) |
18.8 (0.74) |
4.5 (0.18) |
13.3 (0.52) |
8.9 (0.35) |
35.2 (1.39) |
69.8 (2.75) |
112.2 (4.42) |
154.6 (6.09) |
814.0 (32.05) |
| Average precipitation days (β₯ 0.1 mm) | 12.0 | 10.3 | 10.3 | 7.1 | 5.0 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 2.2 | 4.9 | 7.6 | 10.5 | 12.7 | 88.6 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 66.3 | 69.5 | 72.6 | 72.3 | 71.4 | 70.1 | 65.5 | 58.0 | 55.9 | 58.0 | 60.3 | 63.6 | 65.3 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 252.8 | 223.0 | 216.3 | 188.9 | 163.4 | 154.3 | 175.7 | 203.5 | 213.4 | 230.6 | 246.6 | 233.6 | 2,537.6 |
| Percent possible sunshine | 60 | 62 | 54 | 55 | 52 | 49 | 53 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 62 | 57 | 57 |
| Source: Zacaco Meteorological Service | |||||||||||||