Stolitsemlağa

Stolitsemlağa
Capital city of Gregahou
Clockwise from top: Central city skyline, Revolutionaries' Square, Third of May National Stadium, Central District at night, train approaching Severskiy station, Parliamentary Complex
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Nickname(s):  Ğorod okhana English: The Ocean City
Country	Gregahou
District	SR Stolitsemlağa
Settled	1954
Founded	1962
Government
• Mayor	Timur Usmanov
Area
• Total	60.52 km2 (23.37 sq mi)
Population  (2021)
• Total	1,598,937
• Rank	1st in Gregahou
• Density	26,419/km2 (68,420/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-4 (AST)
Website	srs.gov.go

Stolitsemlağa (pronounced /stoʊlitsɛmlaɪə/), officially the Federal District of Stolitsemlağa (Gregahouvian: Stoliçniy Rayon Stolitsemlağanskiy) is the capital and largest city in Gregahou. A port city situated on a natural harbor, Stolitsemlağa is the most important cultural and financial center in the country. As of 2021, the city has a combined population of 1,598,937, making it the most populated city in Gregahou.

Originally settled due to its proximity to offshore oil fields, the outpost became the center of life on the archipelago as it became permanently inhabited. The city was officially founded by the Soviet Union in 1962 as New Ocean City (Russian: Новгород Океана, tr. Novgorod Okeana). Upon gaining independence in 1981, the provisional government renamed it to Stolitsemlağa (in English, "capital territory") and it became the official political center of the new country. Historically the first and largest settlement on the archipelago, it is one of the only cities in the country with preserved Soviet infrastructure.

As the country's political center, the president's executive office as well as the two branches of legislature, the National and Public Assemblies, are all located in Stolitsemlağa. The Parliamentary Complex, in the city's Central District, houses the legislature, while the official residence of the President is located nearby. Stolitsemlağa is also the center of higher learning in Gregahou, with both of the country's significant institutions, National University and the University of Stolitsemlağa located within the capital city.

Education

National University, often considered the country's most prestigious, is located in Stolitsemlağa

Home to the top two institutions for higher learning in the nation, Stolitsemlağa is the center of higher eductation in Gregahou. Both National University and the University of Stolitsemlağa are considered to be among the country's most prestigious universities, and the Army Tertiary School is Gregahou's largest university by student body size.

Private kindergartens are common, and run alongside public primary schools (years 1-8) and secondary schools (years 9-12). Public schools are run by the city's Board of Education and are called City Primary and City Secondary Schools. Stolitsemlağa also has various private primary and secondary schools. Entry into secondary schooling is marked with the decision to choose between a college-preparatory route or a technical learning route, and the capital city leads the nation in public secondary schooling, being one of the few cities in the country to host field-specific secondary schools.

In addition to national secondary schools, as the center for international affairs in Gregahou, Stolitsemlağa is also home to various international schools, which offer curricula in English and French among other languages. Mainly attended by the children of expatriates and diplomatic officials, the schools have recently become increasingly popular with students wishing to work in fields requiring the use of a foreign language.

Culture

Sports

Stolitsemlağa's most popular sport is football, and it has three clubs in the nation's top flight as of the 2020-21 season: CFC Stolitsemlağa, AK Severskiy, and Şkola.