Brativas
Brativas | |
|---|---|
 Coat of arms | |
| Nicknames: Beauty on the Stará rieka | |
| Country | Slovertia |
| Region | Brativas region |
| First mentioned | 910 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor of Brativas | Matúš Obecy |
| Area | |
| • Capital city | 534.584 km2 (206.404 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 420.15 km2 (162.22 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 1,051 km2 (auto sq mi) |
| Elevation | 278 m (912 ft) |
| Population (2018-) | |
| • Capital city | 1,100,000 |
| • Density | 2,100/km2 (5,300/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 644,000 |
| • Urban density | 1,500/km2 (4,000/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 456,000 |
| • Metro density | 430/km2 (1,100/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Brativascan |
| Time zone | UTC+1 |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 |
| Postal code | 9AT XX |
| GRP (Metro) | 2018 |
| – Total | €21 billion ($Template:To USDB) |
| – Per capita | €42,800 ($Template:To USD) |
Brativas the capital and second largest city of Slovertia. Officially, the population of the city is about 1,100,000 Brativas is in northwestern Slovertia, occupying the banks of the River Stará rieka. Over the course of its history Brativas has swung between being under the Sovereignty of Mazuria and Slovertia. It has changed nations approximately twelve times but has been a part of Slovertia consistently from 1815.
Etymology
The name Brativas is often attributed to the year 1022 to Braslav the Uniter who is said to have founded the city in 910 BC. The early name for the city Braslavas is said to mean Bradlav's castle over the years the name for the city evolved until we got the name we use today. Brativas.
It has been given many names in other Astyrian languages.
History
Geography
Brativas is situated in northwestern Slovertia, within the Brativas Region. Its lies on the border with Nikolia. It is only 23 kilometres (14.2 mi) from the border with Nikolia.
The city has a total area of 534.58 square kilometres (206.4 sq mi), making it the second-largest city in Slovakia by area (after Kojbakvy). Brativas straddles the Stará rieka, along which it had developed and for centuries the chief transportation route to other areas. The river passes through the city from the west to the southeast.
Climate
Brativas lies in the north temperate zone and has a moderately continental climate with average annual temperature (1990-2016) of around 8.5 °C (46.3 °F), average temperature of 18 °C (64.4°F) in the warmest month (August) and −3 °C (26.6 °F) in the coldest month (December), It is often windy and between hot summers and cold, humid winters. The city is in one of the warmest and driest parts of Slovertia.
Location
Cityscape
The cityscape of Brativas is characterised by medieval towers and 20th-century buildings, but it underwent profound changes in a construction boom at the start of the 21st century.
Most historical buildings are concentrated in the Old Town. Brativas' Town Hall is a complex of three buildings erected in the 14th–16th centuries and now hosts the Sloveti National Museum. The old city walls are the only thing that has been preserved from the medieval fortifications, and it ranks among the oldest of the town's buildings. Brativas' old town also includes the Cathedral of Brativas and the Sloverti State Library as well as the National Assembly Buildings.
The city's walls are amongst the oldest in Astyria although they have been rebuilt several times over the last 400 years due to various sieges.