Bayaw
Free City of Bayaw ᜄᜏᜐ᜔ᜈᜓᜈ᜔ ᜅ ᜊᜌᜈ᜔ ᜈᜒᜅ᜔ ᜊᜌᜏ᜔ Gawasnon nga Bayan ning Bayaw | |
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| Motto: ᜀᜆᜓᜅ᜔ ᜉᜄ᜔ᜃᜋᜆᜍᜓᜅ᜔ ᜈᜄ᜔ᜊᜌᜏ᜔ ᜃᜈᜆᜓ Atong pagkamatarong nagbayaw kanato "Our justness exalts us" | |
Anthem: ???  | |
 Photographic Montage of Bayaw city. | |
| Capital | Bayaw (city-state) |
| Largest District | Kutawato |
| Official languages | Bayawese |
| Ethnic groups | 72.6% Bayawese 18.3% ??? 10.1% Others |
| Demonym(s) | Bayawese |
| Government | Unitary absolute monarchy |
• Lakan | Seri Humamay |
| Makisig Libunao | |
| Legislature | Consultative Plenum |
| Independence | |
• Lankanate of Bayaw | ??? |
• ??? Protectorate | ??? |
| Area | |
• | 914 km2 (353 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• 2018 census | 7,142,239 |
• Density | 7,814/km2 (20,238.2/sq mi) |
| GDP (nominal) | 2017 estimate |
• Total | $329.9 billion |
• Per capita | $46,193 |
| Gini (2014) | 45.9 medium |
| HDI (2017) | 0.932 very high |
| Currency | bulawan ( ) (BYB) |
| Date format | dd.mm.yyyy |
| Driving side | right |
| Calling code | +420 |
| ISO 3166 code | BYW |
| Internet TLD | .by |
The Free City of Bayaw (Bayawnese: ᜄᜏᜐ᜔ᜈᜓᜈ᜔ ᜅ ᜊᜌᜈ᜔ ᜈᜒᜅ᜔ ᜊᜌᜏ᜔; Gawasnon nga Bayan ning Bayaw), commonly known as simply Bayaw (Bayawnese: ᜊᜌᜏ᜔; Bayaw), is an island city-state in ???. Located in ???, Bayaw shares maritime borders with ??? to the south and east while a causeway connects Bayaw with ??? to the mainland in the north. The city-state is home to 7.1 million people, 14% of whom are foreign nationals, including permanant residents. The population is packed into a land area of only 914 km2 (353 sq mi), making it the ?th most densely populated sovereign states in the world.
In antiquity, the Lakanate of Bayaw was a major trade hub and was known for its extensive trade networks across the ??? region, establishing trading relationships with the ancient civilizations of ???, ??? and ???. A seafaring people, Bayawnese balangay ships ferried cargo around the region which made Bayaw a significant entrepôt of regional maritime trade.