Gonece
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Gonece
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| Country |  Dahemia |
| Municipality | City of Gonece |
| Government | |
| • First Mayor | Ferdinand Gruyber-Petit (Social Union) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 228.2 km2 (88.1 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 112.0 m (367.4 ft) |
| Population (2021) | |
| • Total | 626,915 |
| • Density | 2,747.2/km2 (7,115/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CCT) |
| Postal code | 2100-2900 |
| Area code | 01 |
| Vehicle registration | G |
Gonece (Dahemian: Gëinen [ˈgəiːnen]; Notgerman: Geinen [ˈgaɪnɛn̩]; Notfrench: Gonéce [ʒɑ̃nes]) is the capital city and most populous settlement of Dahemia with 626,915 inhabitants in 2021, straddling the shores of the river Lonane. Comprising approximately a quarter of the country's entire population, Gonece is Dahemia's primate city and the sixth-largest city in the Notgerman-speaking world, after X. Generally considered to lie at the cultural, geographic and economic crossroads of Calesia, it is situated X km (X mi) by road from X, X km (X mi) from X, and X km (X mi) from X.
WIP HISTORY
Since the Great War, the global city has been a major center for international politics and diplomacy. Gonece is the de facto main seat of the United Congress (alongside X) as well as several other intergovernmental organizations, such as the Central Commission for the Lonane, the International Human Rights Council, and X, most of these located in the modern Zollhafen district.
Gonece is a major continental hub for commerce and transportation. Gonece Airport is the busiest airport in the country, and one of the busiest in the world. The city's central railway station, Geinen Hauptbahnhof, is the second-largest railway station in Calesia measured by floor area. As a financial center, it hosts a number of corporate headquarters and subsidiaries, is home to the Gonece Stock Exchange, and the Messe Geinen is one of the world's largest trade fairs. The University of Gonece is one of Calesia's oldest and largest universities; other significant educational institutions include the Academy of the Arts and the Technical University.
Major attractions of the city include the Bendlerberg (main square), Old Castle, Royal Palace on Castle Square, the Georgsstadt central business district skyline, the Weserath Gate, the Victory Column, and the Kaiserallee main boulevard. The urban landscape is shaped in part by extensive parks and green areas, including the Hofgarten, Wallanlagen, the Zitadellenpark surrounding the Donnerberg hill and the Gonece Citadel, the Volkspark, the Zoologischer Garten, and two botanical gardens (the Old Botanical Garden and the Palmengarten). Gonece's internationally renowned cultural institutions and venues include the New Opera, the Komödie in the Zeughausbau, the House of Cultures, the Historical Museum, the Borsigbau, the Donnerberg Archaeological Museum, and the Museum of Decorative Arts in the Lobrechtbau, the Gregor Minsky Museum, and the Royal Library, one of the largest in the world.