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Despite being referred to as a "city", Līlasuṃghāṇa is a ''quaestorship'', which means that it has - at least for the core wards, called districts (''hālgārai'') a consolidated government at the level of cities, circuits, provinces, and even some functions of the diocese itself. Administratively, there are, however, places in Līlasuṃghāṇa designed as cities, parishes, or even villages: the area of the quaestorship is extremely large, covering also some valleys of tributaries of the Lanamilūki river to the south where the only settlements are floating villages in the middle of [[w:Igapó|igapós]]. About 45% of the land area of the quaestorship is covered by rainforest or swampland. | Despite being referred to as a "city", Līlasuṃghāṇa is a ''quaestorship'', which means that it has - at least for the core wards, called districts (''hālgārai'') a consolidated government at the level of cities, circuits, provinces, and even some functions of the diocese itself. Administratively, there are, however, places in Līlasuṃghāṇa designed as cities, parishes, or even villages: the area of the quaestorship is extremely large, covering also some valleys of tributaries of the Lanamilūki river to the south where the only settlements are floating villages in the middle of [[w:Igapó|igapós]]. About 45% of the land area of the quaestorship is covered by rainforest or swampland. | ||
The quaestorship of Līlasuṃghāṇa, at the | The quaestorship of Līlasuṃghāṇa, at the 3872 (6422<sub>10</sub>) census, had a population of 9Ɛ.42.535 <small>(29,698,169<sub>10</sub>)</small> people. The Līlasuṃghāṇa metropolitan area is the second-largest in the world (after the polycentric conurbation of eastern Hachitama diocese) and extends into neighboring parts of Nanašīrama and also the dioceses of Talæñoya to the south as well as Lgraṃñælihaikā and Kāṃradeša across the lake. | ||
Chlouvānem is the administrative language of the city, spoken, as in the whole Inquisition, in a state of diglossia alongside the local vernacular; the Līlasuṃghāṇi vernacular shares traits with most vernaculars of the eastern part of the Jade Coast. It has distinctive features of both the coastal Jade Coast vernaculars to the east - such as the extensive reworking of the vowel system - but also the typical [[w:Stød|stød]]-like phonation of the Lanamilūki Valley vernaculars.<br/> | Chlouvānem is the administrative language of the city, spoken, as in the whole Inquisition, in a state of diglossia alongside the local vernacular; the Līlasuṃghāṇi vernacular shares traits with most vernaculars of the eastern part of the Jade Coast. It has distinctive features of both the coastal Jade Coast vernaculars to the east - such as the extensive reworking of the vowel system - but also the typical [[w:Stød|stød]]-like phonation of the Lanamilūki Valley vernaculars.<br/> | ||
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The area around Lūlunīkam lake, including the location of present-day Līlasuṃghāṇa, has been inhabited for millennia by tribes speaking languages such as Laifutaši or Old Kāṃradeši. In the early part of the First Era, this area was outside the realms of the Kūṣṛmāthi civilization but in its sphere of influence. About halfway through the Era, Lahob-speaking tribes (the Ur-Chlouvānem) settled in the area, finishing their long migration journey across the whole continent and started settling together with the local people, with common intermixing. | The area around Lūlunīkam lake, including the location of present-day Līlasuṃghāṇa, has been inhabited for millennia by tribes speaking languages such as Laifutaši or Old Kāṃradeši. In the early part of the First Era, this area was outside the realms of the Kūṣṛmāthi civilization but in its sphere of influence. About halfway through the Era, Lahob-speaking tribes (the Ur-Chlouvānem) settled in the area, finishing their long migration journey across the whole continent and started settling together with the local people, with common intermixing. | ||
While for many centuries there were various settlements in the swamplands and by the hills of today's Līlasuṃghāṇa, the founding of the city itself happened in | While for many centuries there were various settlements in the swamplands and by the hills of today's Līlasuṃghāṇa, the founding of the city itself happened in 4426 (268ᘔ<sub>12</sub>) by order of Great Inquisitor Kahėrimaili ga Banditiāvi ''Dalaigana'', aiming to build the holiest city the world had ever seen. The center of this settlement was on a bigger hammock in the swamp, not far from the Hanaiyami river and about three kilometers upstream from the lakeside - today's Kahėrimaila ("clear water") district, named after the founding Great Inquisitor's regnal name. The only access to the early city was from the Hanaiyami river, and a smaller settlement was built at its mouth, functioning as a gate for the city - this area has been later remodelled by land reclamation and it is now the Janaimarta ("port city") district; many foundation-era buildings can however be seen in the neighboring Nājādaneh district, in the Hanaiyami ga maiti memāyi jarmān (Hanaiyami River Mouth Park), and by the Saṃryojyam lakeshore. | ||
==Geography== | ==Geography== | ||