Danguixh

Danguixh
City
Tanjuij Tinimit
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Nickname(s):  Tullan ; Grand Metropole of the West ; The Western Capital
Yajawil	Kanol Yajawil
Kuchkabal	Xizab'i Kuchkabal
Batabil	Tanjuij Batabil
Established	250 BC
Government
• Batab	Ox Ek Chuaj
Population  (2016)
• City	38 millions
• Rank	2nd in Mutul
• Density	6,859/km2 (17,760/sq mi)
• Urban	12 million
• Metro	26 milions
Demonym	Danguixhese

Danguixh , also known as Chakochnal or Tanjuij in Mutli, Kajbalalik in K’iche, Yuhuacanu in Mixtec, Tsibihai in Otomi, and more generally nicknamed by the local population as Tullan, is a major city in western Mutul. Today it’s the capital of the Kanol Yajawil but in the past it was the capital of the Chik’in Kingdom and then of the short-lived 7th and 8th Dynasties, before the capital was moved to the newly built Uaxak Tz’am. Danguixh continued to be an important urban and economic pole of the Mutul, out-shining Uaxak Tz’am in almost every aspects. It would become the capital of one of the competing Mutals during the Cousins Wars ( 1010 - 1090) until it’s defeat and partial destruction at the hands of the K’iche. In 1150, the Tamub Dynasty allowed for the reconstruction of the city, notably of its religious buildings.

Today, the Kanol Yajaw reside in the city, more specifically in the Kan Sakek Acropolis. The city is also the economic center of the “Western Yajawils”, a major manufacturing center and transportation hub. With close to 4 millions inhabitants, it’s the second largest city of the Mutul.

Geography

Danyguixh is located in the Xizabi Valley (Otomi for “Many Lakes”), in the high plateaus of west-central Mutul. It has a minimum altitude of 1900 meters above sea level and is surrounded by mountains and volcanoes over 4000 meters. The valley is famous for its important many lakes and rivers, which made it an especially fertile and important place for the early farmers who colonized the area. It’s around these lakes, rivers, artificial canals and bassins that the city, originally only located in the east of the valley, grew. These many, small or large, lakes are still visible to this day, generally as part of one of the city’s many parks. These open waters were maintained, rather than drained to make place for more lands, to limit the effects of the urbanization of the valley which had led to problems associated with the ground waters and the heavily saturated clay on which all the city is built.

Climate

subtropical highland, The average annual temperature varies from 12 to 16 °C depending on the altitude. The temperature is rarely below 3 °C or above 30 °C. The lowest recorded temperature was -5,4 °C.

Since the city is located in the southern hemisphere, precipitations are heavily concentrated in the “winter”, with little to no precipitation the rest of the year.

Throughout its history, the Valley used to have several snowfalls per decade, sometime in rapid succession, mostly lake-effect snow. Now, because of the heavy urbanisation and anthropisation and climate change, snowfalls are rarer but still recorded once or twice per decades.

Demographics

According to the census of 2012, the municipality has a population of 3,8 million. The central urban area, the historical core of the city, population is estimated at 1,2 million.

Danguixh is a cosmopolitan city, with distinct quarters occupied by the main ethnies of the valley. Linguistic datas show that the main ethnies of the city are the N’yuhu, Tatinak, Nuu Davi, and the Be'ena'a. On their own, the N’yuhu represent more than 40% of the total population, while the Nuu Davi the Be’ena’a, and the Tatinak represent around 19% each. Other minorities exist, amounting together at around 3% of the total population. These minorities include the Teenek, and “Mutun”, whom maternal language is simply Mutli.

In term of age distribution, in 2003, 20% of the population was aged between 0 - 14 years old, 70% between 15 and 65, and the remaining 10% were aged over 65.