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Valhókoà | |
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Capital City | |
 .jpg) .jpg)  Clockwise from top-right: Kasà zā Arteà pā Walòjen-hataò; Sarbâzân-muqaddasūna Memorial Mosque; Metropolitan Valhókoà Cathedral; Blue Eye Fort | |
| Etymology: (Ońilo) Great Hill | |
| Nickname: Heart of the Cantalle | |
| Country | Wallenland |
| County | Greater Valhókoà |
| Founded | March 17 1552 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Sólo Barbósa (P) |
| Population (2022) | |
| • Total | 826,562 (1st); 1,470,000 (Greater Valhókoà Metropolitan Area) |
| Time zone | UTC-1 |
| Website | valhokoacity.gov.wl |
Valhókoà is the capital and largest city in Wallenland, home to 1.47 million residents in the city's metropolitan area or to 826,562 in the main city since the 2022 census. It is the most populous city in Wallenland. It is located on the northern coast of Élazājápa.
Founded in 1552, it was the capital of the captaincy of Nova Drideira do Norte from 1585 to 1627 and then for the captaincy of Nova Drideira Oriental e o Rio Arco-íris from 1665 to 1709. Following Skithan vassalisation of Quetana, the establishment of the Skithan Spice Islands Royal Company, and subsequent reforms made Valhókoà capital of the Nova Drideira Province from 1709 to the Barretoan Wars. Following the surrender of Skithiana, Valhókoà would become the centre of business and governance for the Companhia Imperial das Ilhas das Especiarias Quetanan due to its militarily formidable and politically central position with the Wālolénlò, however, the CIIEQ would be dissolved and Quetana itself would govern the islands though the Wālolénlò and even Quetanan settlers opposed this for business and political reasons, leading to the 2nd Wallene Wars. Valhókoà would be the centre of riots and battles between the Quetanan continentais - 'mainlanders' and the joint Wālojénò and the Quetanan ilhéus - 'islanders'.
This cycle of violence would last until 1878 with the signings of the First Constitution of the Dominion would establish the Dominion of Wallenland. In 1886 Koàsoàwúŕata pā Wālolénlò, the first king of the Dominion, would move his court from Baihà pā Lénlòpājohò to Valhókoà. The city would transform at the beginning of the 20th Century as an important hub for merchants and whalers, the political and cultural heart of Wallenland, and a diverse setting especially with the flood of Christian revivalists and fundamentalists from across Iearth such as the Dreherites, the Kingdom Baptists, and the Latter Days Revelationists. However, political tension; economic failures; growing nationalism; and the death of an heirless king began the Wallene Civil War. The city would experience sieges, battles, and riots such as the Bank of the South Square Riot left Valhókoà in ruins, leaving the civil war in need of reconstruction throughout much of the 1920s, '30s, and '40s. Though the destruction left many homeless and jobless, many envisionists and the liberal monarchy and government saw this as a chance to start anew - reconstruction didn't end until 1946.
The World War would begin in 1949 though Quetana would actually enter the war in 1950, pulling Wallenland into conflict. Conscription of Wallens into the newly-established Wallenland Regiment and the general positive opinion of the League Powers despite attacks on civilians left many Wallens disgruntled and resulted in many protests and riots with recruitment offices often attacked and pillaged. Despite public opposition, Allied navies used Blue Eye Harbour due its strategic position in the Cantalle Ocean against Drambenburgian and DSC ships. Post-war Valhókoà would be the stage of change as Quetanan power weakened in the region despite Allied victory; martial law was reestablished by king Augusto pā Wālolénlò in 1955, suspending all powers of the Grand Assembly and allowing violent put-downs by the military and police, yet, the pro-independence movement was only invigorated with figures like Pedro Éklopājápa, then-Prince Tiago pā Wālolénlò], Rafaela Parabalodò, and Baguò Valoapàkántavaz spearheading the movement until the Freedom March of the Dove which saw over 14,000 Wallens march to the capital and stage a holdout in the city centre. ...
History
Quetanan colonisation
Founded by the Companhia Real de Especiarias Vongane do Sul - a Quetanan spice-trading company - in 1552 as Morro do Salvador, it was one of many fort-settlements for the CREVS until the company was incorporated by royal decree as the Companhia Imperial das Ilhas das Especiarias do Sul; the CIIES in 1585 with Morro do Salvador subsequently decreed as the seat of the Nova Drideira do Norte captaincy. In 1603, the CIIES was once again incorporated with its northern counterpart as the Companhia Imperial das Ilhas das Especiarias Quetanan and Morro do Salvador remained as the captaincy's seat until subdivision reforms for the captaincies were implemented in 1627 and the town was under the administration of the Nova Drideira Oriental e o Rio Arco-íris captaincy with the town of Bándaril pā Saon Sebastiao, then known as São Sebastião à beira Mar, as the captaincy's seat before Morro do Salvador was declared as the seat in 1665 due to a fire that damaged much of São Sebastião à beira Mar.