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San Pietro
Petastad | |
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Town | |
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| Motto(s): Mater urbium (Solarian) Mother of all cities | |
| Country | File:ImaguaFlag.png Imagua and the Assimas |
| Parish | Assimas |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Narseo Quagliata |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Town | 191,096 |
| • Rank | 2nd in Imagua and the Assimas |
| • Urban | 191,096 |
| • Metro | 230,758 |
| Time zone | Imaguan Standard Time |
| • Summer (DST) | not observed |
San Pietro (Imaguan Creole: Petastad) is the second largest city in Imagua and the Assimas, and the capital of the Assimas. Located on the northern shore of Avitabile Island, San Pietro is the largest city in the country to not be its own parish, instead being subordinate to the Assimas Parish.
While the Caldians were the first to set up a settlement on what is now San Pietro, doing so in 1533, the settlement was abandoned for unclear reasons in 1548, although it is speculated by archaeologists that the small population made the settlement vulnerable to attacks by the native Imaguan population.
It was only in 1601 that it was established as a permanent settlement by Ordennyan settlers as the city of Peterstad, it was initially an insignificant settlement under Estmere captured Imagua. Following the fall of Cuanstad, the Ordennyans kept control over the Assimas Islands, causing the town to grow, as many government officials previously based in Cuanstad moved to Peterstad.
In 1813, Eldmark sold the Assimas Islands to Etruria, and the Etrurians immediately set San Pietro up as the capital of their colony. Over the next century and a half, San Pietro became the main centre of Etrurian rule, with the city itself being aggressively Etrurianized. In addition, San Pietro became a major industrial centre, rivaled only by that of Cuanstad in the immediate vicinity of the Arucian Sea.
Etymology
The name San Pietro derives from the name Saint Peter in the Etrurian language.
However, San Pietro is an Etrurian translation of the Ostisk name, Peterstad, which means Peter's town, with Peter referring to Saint Peter, as it was established on 29 June, 1601 by Ordennyan settlers. The Ostisk name serves as the origin for the name of the town in Imaguan Creole, Petastad.
History
Pre-colonial era
Early colonial era
Etrurian rule
Contemporary era
Geography
San Pietro is located on the northern shore of Avitabile Island, and is located in a relatively large plain shaped by the Colosimo River which originates on the slopes of Mount Pioniere, the highest point on the Assimas Islands. Thus, most of the settlement is flat, with only the edges of the mountains taking form near the city limits.
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Government
San Pietro has an eighteen member town council (Etrurian: Consiglio comunale) and is headed by a mayor (Etrurian: sindaco). They are all elected by residents of San Pietro every four years. Like other town councils and parish councils, San Pietro is a non-partisan government, with all members and candidates being independent politicians. The current mayor of San Pietro is Narseo Quagliata, who was first elected in 2008, defeating Oscar Mugavero, and was re-elected in 2012 and 2016.
While it is commonly referred to as a city (Etrurian: città), having been granted it by Etrurian authorities in 1913 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of its purchase from Eldmark, since the end of the Solarian War in 1946, it has been legally classified as a town (Etrurian: paese). Despite proposals made in 1977, and in 2003, San Pietro has not been granted city status as doing so would require a constitutional amendment, as the Cities Act of 1961 declared that only city-parishes (i.e. Cuanstad) can be cities.
On the national level, San Pietro is represented with ten members in the Lesser House of Parliament, due to it's status as the second largest settlement in Imagua and the Assimas.
Population
As of the 2011 census, San Pietro has a population of 191,096 people, while its metropolitan area comprises 230,758 people, comprising 76.5% of the population of the Assimas Parish, and 17.6% of the national population.
Ethnically, 113,977 people, or 59.6% of the city's population are Eucleo-Imaguans, with 99,370 people, or 52% of the population being Etrurian-Imaguans, with the remaining Euclean population comprised of Estmerish-Imaguans and more recent immigrants from Euclea. After this, 71,363 people, or 37.3% of the population, are Bahio-Imaguans.
Only three percent of the population, or 5,733 people are immigrants, mostly from the Asterias and Coius, with only twenty-three indigenous Imaguans residing in the city.
Religiously, San Pietro is heavily dominated by the Solarian Catholic Church, with 78% of the population, or 149,140 people adhering to the Solarian faith. After the Solarian Catholic church, the next largest sects are TBC, with 22,164 people, or 11.5% following it, and then 7,388 people, or 3% of the city's population, who follow other Sotirian sects. Only 4% of the population, or 8,710 people are irreligious, while 3,694 people, or 1.9% follow other religions.
Linguistically, San Pietro speaks Etrurian, with 158,616 people, or 83% of the population reporting that they use Etrurian on a regular basis, with 31,524 people, or 16.5% of the population reporting that they use Estmerish on a regular basis. Only 956 people, or 0.5% of the population, reporting that they do not use either official language on a regular basis.
The largest non-official language spoken is Imaguan Creole, with around 48% of the city's population, or 91,726 people, reporting it as their native language. The next largest native non-official languages are Ostisk.
Culture
As the second largest city of Imagua and the Assimas and the largest city that has more people speaking Etrurian over Estmerish, San Pietro is a major cultural center, especially on the Assimas Islands.
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