Agnannet

Agnannet ⴰⴳⵏⴰⵏⵏⴻⵜ
Capital city
0px Clockwise from top left: Achra Tower at sunrise, Oasis District, Old Agnannet traditional architecture, Great Tenere Train Station, Helix Commerce Tower, 19th century residential towers.
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Country	Charnea
Province	Achra
Wards	5 wards Itekar Karatan Perxaddam Alxidmatan Essardasi
Settled	4th century BCE
Area
• Agnannet Metropolitan	950 km2 (370 sq mi)
Elevation	200 m (656 ft)
Population  (2020)
• Agnannet Metropolitan	9,825,622
Demonym	Agnannetian
Postcode districts	CA, CE, CT
Area code	145

Agnannet (Tamashek: ⴰⴳⵏⴰⵏⵏⴻⵜ, or archaic ⴳⵏⵏⵏⵜ) is the capital of Charnea, located in the south-central province of Achra. It is the largest city in Charnea and one of the largest in Scipia, serving as a global city and a hub of the Scipian economy in its capacity as one of the premiere urban centers on the continent. In the 2020 census Agnannet had a population recorded at 9,825,622 inhabitants living within the city's land area of 950 square kilometers, making it by far the most densely populated Charnean city with an average density of 10,000 per square kilometer. The city is divided into five large administrative wards - Itekar, Karatan, Perxaddam, Alxidmatan and Essardasi - which are further subdivided into a total of 75 districts. Agnannet is more than 2 millenia, being one of the four great ancient cities of the Ninva Desert alongside Azut, Ekelhoc and Hamath. Until the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Agnannet was largely confined within the modern Itekar ward. However the rapid expansion of the city which followed the industrialization and urbanization of Charnea required the city to be reorganized and consolidated into the modern 5 ward system in 1910 and a redrawing and expansion of the wards to absorb the city's growing suburbs in the 1970s.

As the Charnean capital since Ihemodian times, Agnannet is home to many of the monuments, government buildings, temples and other institutions established since the foundation of the first Charnean empire in the 14th century. Many of these are concentrated along a major axial avenue known as Monument Row which crosses between the central districts of the Itekar and Perxaddam wards. The royal palace, Alazwad, is likewise located on Monument Row, adjascent to the complex of the Agraw Imgharan and the Imperial Beyt as well as other Tamddaist temples. Agnannet is the primary economic hub of Charnea and the seat of the country's financial sector while still hosting the varied services, processing and manufacturing industries found in the other economic hubs in the major Charnean cities. Various cultural institutions such as the Ninva Pitz Stadium, Imperial Tebillant School and the Tamashek Language Academy are located or headquartered in Agnannet.

Geography

Climate

Agnannet has a desert climate ( Koppën Classification BWh ) typical of the Ninva Desert characterized by long, extremely hot summers and short, pleasant winters. The heat becomes extremely elevated in the dry season with temperatures regularly exceeding 40°C (104°F) and at times reaching as high as 49-50°C (between 120.2 and 122°F) between the months of April and October, which make up the dry season in central and northern Charnea. The average temperature does not drop below 20°C (68°F) at any point during the year, and there has never been any recorded temperature below freezing. However, ground frost can occur during winter nights in the countryside outside the city to the north and east. Rainfall is concentrated between the months of December and March, with the Agnannet receiving very little precipitation overall. The region receives almost no rain whatsoever during the dry season. Dust storms are a relatively common occurrence, and particularly severe dust storms have been known to come over the city once every few years to once every decade and reduce visibility to as low as 10 meters, causing the cancellation of flights out of the city's airports and the shutting down of most schools for the duration of the dust storm.

Climate data for Agnannet (1965-2011)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	32.5 (90.5)	33.8 (92.8)	37.0 (98.6)	41.2 (106.2)	44.1 (111.4)	46.2 (115.2)	47.1 (116.8)	49.8 (121.6)	43.0 (109.4)	41.5 (106.7)	38.0 (100.4)	31.9 (89.4)	49.8 (121.6)
Average high °C (°F)	21.3 (70.3)	24.4 (75.9)	28.7 (83.7)	34.4 (93.9)	38.4 (101.1)	40.3 (104.5)	42.5 (108.5)	41.6 (106.9)	40.3 (104.5)	35.3 (95.5)	27.8 (82.0)	22.3 (72.1)	33.1 (91.6)
Daily mean °C (°F)	15.4 (59.7)	17.3 (63.1)	25.4 (77.7)	26.9 (80.4)	33.9 (93.0)	34.7 (94.5)	34.2 (93.6)	34.7 (94.5)	33.5 (92.3)	28.4 (83.1)	21.2 (70.2)	16.3 (61.3)	26.8 (80.3)
Average low °C (°F)	9.0 (48.2)	11.2 (52.2)	15.2 (59.4)	20.4 (68.7)	26.9 (80.4)	27.0 (80.6)	29.3 (84.7)	29.2 (84.6)	25.4 (77.7)	21.1 (70.0)	15.5 (59.9)	10.3 (50.5)	20.0 (68.1)
Record low °C (°F)	1.3 (34.3)	1.5 (34.7)	4.5 (40.1)	11.0 (51.8)	13.0 (55.4)	20.1 (68.2)	22.6 (72.7)	22.7 (72.9)	15.1 (59.2)	14.0 (57.2)	7.0 (44.6)	1.6 (34.9)	1.3 (34.3)
Average rainfall mm (inches)	20.5 (0.81)	18.0 (0.71)	17.9 (0.70)	11.0 (0.43)	8.9 (0.35)	4.0 (0.16)	4.7 (0.19)	2.0 (0.08)	0.1 (0.00)	0.8 (0.03)	9.7 (0.38)	16.6 (0.65)	114.2 (4.49)
Average rainy days	9.1	7.3	9.4	5.3	3.3	0.0	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.5	3.3	10.3	48.8
Average relative humidity (%)	47	36	23	21	17	11	10	12	14	20	36	47	26
Mean monthly sunshine hours	212.4	226.6	219.8	242.3	287.7	328.2	332.1	309.2	271.6	311.4	269.2	214.3	3,224.8
Percent possible sunshine	63	71	59	63	70	80	80	77	74	87	82	65	72
Source: Meteorological Association of Charnea

Economy

The Great Sooq at night

Transportation

Public Transit

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Agnannet Light Rail

The Agnannetian public transportation system, centered on the Great Tenere and Agnannet Central train stations, consists of a network of metros, light rail and bus lines permeating the 75 districts of the city. Each of the five wards is traversed from end to end by at least one superexpress metro line with numerous tributary lines which run between stations along the superexpress line and outlying neighborhoods across the ward, in addition to the local trains running along the same tracks and tunnels as the ward's superexpress line. The network of local bus lines, express BRT systems and the Agnannet Light Rail network provide further coverage across the districts where the relatively limited tunnels and raised platforms of the metro system do not reach and generally provide wider coverage within a given ward while the metro system provides long distance transport across the city with lower transit times and fewer transfers making it ideal for commuters traveling from peripheral neighborhoods in outer Agnannet to their jobs in the city center or the commuter centers of their ward.

Railroads

The city of Agnannet is the junction point for the Great Scipian Railway, the Ninvite Periclean Railway and the Agala-Agnannet Railway. All three of these major rail routes connect to the city's principal transit hubs, the Great Tenere and Agnannet Central train stations. The Great Scipian Railway connects the Ninva desert and the major Charnean cities to destinations in East Scipia, principally in Alanahr, with Agnannet sitting in the western half of the line. The Ninvite Periclean and Agala-Agnannet railway are both north-south rail axes passing through Agnannet and can be considered northern and southern extensions of a single combined trans-Scipian railway, with the Agala-Agnannet extending south towards Itayana and the Ninvite Periclean traveling north before branching off near the borders of Talahara and Tyreseia to join with the railways in those nations. Agnannet is also the hub for numerous regional rail lines connecting outlying communities in Achra province and some of the neighboring provinces to the Imperial metropolis. Regional rail lines are primarily connected to Agnannet Central station, with Great Tenere train station being more focused as an exchange between the major rail lines and the city's public transit network. The Ejjaj High Speed Rail system runs out of Great Tenere train station to and from the major Charnean cities.