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New Aɣmat City
Azaɣar Aɣmat n Assa
Capital
Downtown at the Waterfront
Preserved ruins in Old Aɣmat
Place Messidor/Adɣar Mgrawi
Night market in Tetsouiq Garden
Beach in the Laɣrab Quarter
Electric bus rapid transit lanes in the Laqbilt Quarter
Clockwise from top left: Downtown at the Waterfront, preserved ruins in Old Aɣmat, a night market in Tetsouiq Garden, electric bus rapid transit lanes in the Laqbilt Quarter, a beach in the Laɣrab Quarter, and Place Messidor/Adɣar Mgrawi in Murabbaɣ Centre
CountryMessidor Union
NationAɣmatia
ProvinceNew Aɣmat
Neighbourhoods:
List
  • Murabbaɣ Centre
  • Waterfront
  • Laqbilt Quarter
  • Laɣrab Quarter
  • Tetsouiq Garden
  • Old Aɣmat
Foundedc. 3800 BCE (Old Aɣmat)
1441 CE (New Aɣmat)
Government
 • TypeCity council
 • BodyNew Aɣmat City Workers' Council
Area
 • Capital823 km2 (318 sq mi)
 • Metro
16,618 km2 (6,416 sq mi)
Highest elevation
375 m (1,230 ft)
Lowest elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Population
 (2018)
 • Capital8,873,785
 • Density11,000/km2 (28,000/sq mi)
DemonymNew Aɣmatian
Postal code
AAM-1000 to AAM-1499
Area code(s)318 and 429

New Aɣmat City (Tamaziɣt: Azaɣar Aɣmat n Assa, Audonic: Cité de Nouveau Aɣmat) is the capital and largest city of the Messidor Union with a population of 8,873,785 as of the 2018 census. It is located in the constituent nation of Aɣmatia on the coast of Juga Bay in the Periclean sea.

The city proper extends 823 km2 (318 sq mi) but its metropolitan area extends approximately 16,618 km2 (6,416 sq mi). Density outside the city centre is relatively low, however, the metropolitan area is served by one of the most efficient intra-city transit systems in the Messidor Union.

New Aɣmat City is a transportation and service hub. It is often considered the economic core of the Messidor Union. In addition, it is home to a number of culturally significant monuments and festivals.

History

New Aɣmat City has a history that stretches millennia, generally divided into two eras. The first era stretches from the city's founding in the early fourth millennium BCE until its destruction following the Great Earthquake of Gran Aligonia in 1440. The second era began with the reconstruction and founding of "New Aɣmat" and extends to the present day.

Old Aɣmat

The site of Old Aɣmat is one of the oldest urban centres in the Messidor Union. Signs of nomadic life in present-day Aɣmatia date to the sixth millennium BCE. Permanent settlements and small villages appeared in the hills in the fifth millennium, centred on fresh water rivers. The population of the Amaziɣ peoples known as the Kel Adrar began to settle upon the coasts by the beginning of the fourth millennium. The date of Old Aɣmat's founding is uncertain and there are no definitive contemporary accounts. The records of the third millennium, mostly through the religious texts and histories of Itmassan-ddin already regarded the settlement as an ancient city.

Major upheavals in the city's history included its annexation by the ancient Aradians in the second millennium BCE. The Kel Adrar tribes that were settled in the old city became a client state of the mercantile empire and flourished while preserving their culture and religion. While the Aradians began to decline, Old Aɣmat remained a vital trade gateway after emerging from its client state status and confederating with the Tamazɣa in the early fifth century BCE. Trade goods and luxuries were routed from southern Scipia up through the Ninva desert in what is modern-day Charnea and were diffused through the Periclean via the port of Old Aɣmat.

In the second century BCE, the Latin Empire's campaigns in northern Scipia reached the Kel Adrar. The city was conquered by the Latins in 153 BCE and it was incorporated as the capital of a new province that extended along the coasts of present-day Aɣmatia.

New Aɣmat

Contemporary history

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