Nylzsryf

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★ NYLZSRYF
Nylzsryf
Ketoj za Nylzsryf
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Location of Nylzsryf
Country Kryfona Kingdom
Province Lawvsgara Province
Demonym Nylzsryfe/a or Nylzsryfan
Government Mayoral system
Mayor Jazsem Vaszu
Area
- Urban 344.92 sq mi
- Metro 4,121.33 sq mi
Population
- Urban 8,297,560
- Metro 15,252,105
Time zone Nylzsryf Standard Time (+2)
Area codes 001, 002, 003, 004

The City of Nylzsryf (Kryfona: Ketoj za Nylzsryf; For. Kryf. pronunciation: /kɛ.tʌ zɑ nɪl.sɑr.f/, local pronunciation: /kɛ.tʌ zɑ nɪl.sɑr.v/) is the current national capital of the Kryfona Kingdom, its largest city, and the provincial capital of Lawvsgara Province. With a history of almost eight hundred years, Nylzsryf is one of the oldest settlements in the kingdom, having been first populated by Trztye migrants in mid-1228. Laying on the massive and mostly flat Western Kryfona Plains, Nylzsryf is today a vast and sprawling city which covers approximately 345 square miles, and has a metropolitan area almost twelve times that size at 4,121 square miles. The city itself is the most populous in the Kingdom, with 8,297,560 people as of a 2017 estimate, and the metro area is far and away the largest in the Kingdom, with 15,252,105 calling it their home. Around 17% of the total population of the Kingdom lives in Nylzsryf or its metro, making the region one of the most densely populated metropolitan areas in the Kingdom.

Owing to its massive size, Nylzsryf is a massive cultural, economic, and educational center for the Kryfona Kingdom, and the only city in the nation to have two levels of subdivisions. At the upper level, Nylzsryf is made up of 6 barowsi (boroughs), each of which is then divided into a number of neighborhoods, which make up the lower level. Nylzsyrf's barowsi are North Nylzsryf, South Nylzsryf, East Nylzsryf, West Nylzsryf, Central Nylzsryf, and Downtown Nylzsryf. Central Nylzsryf has the largest population of the barowsi with about 2.1 million people, while Downtown Nylzsryf has the smallest at 476,000 people. Nylzsryf has 36 major educational institutes, including six universities under the University of Nylzsryf and three under the University of Lawvsgara. Financially, Nylzsryf is the home of the Trading Markets, which constitute the largest stock market in the Kingdom and one of the largest markets in the world. Nylzsryf has a metro system, the Nylzsryfa-tram, which is the largest and longest such system in the Old World. The city is the most racially and species diverse city in the nation, with a population that is made up of virtually every extant species and species variant in the Old and New Worlds.

Nylzsryf as a city has its roots in the Kryfona Trztye, an ultimately doomed state under which the city was founded. Although it began as a very small city, it exploded in size when it was made the capital of the Kryfona Kingdom in 1248, and has not stopped growing since. Since formal census keeping began in 1880, Nylzsryf has never posted a decade in which growth has been negative. Nylzsryf has been the nation's largest city since 1246, and was the largest city in the world from 1325 to 1550 and again from 1675 to 1790. The royal palace of the Kingdom moved to the city in 1284 from its original place in Lawvsgara city, and has not officially moved since. Nylzsryf has required two instances of large-scale rebuilding, one in 1632 after the city was burnt by the Arieles in the Zojorat War, and again in 1845 after a fire destroyed most of downtown and killed 27 people.

Geography

Nylzsryf is located on the massive Western Kryfona Plains, which dominate the majority of the Western Kingdom. Owing to the vast, largely flat expanses of the plains, Nylzsryf has had little difficulty expanding outwards as a city. The city's highest point, Veszey Hill (1,593ft), is only 88 feet taller than the lowest point, Gazsem Creek (1,505ft). No major rivers or waterways flow through Nylzsryf, although the city has hundreds of small creeks running through it. The largest of these, Vedria Creek, is almost as large as a river on its own.

Climate

Nylzsryf is a city with very warm summers and cool winters. Highs during the winter months typically hover in the 40s, and lows in the 20s or 30s. Winters are typically the wettest time for the city, and most precipitation that falls during the year does so during the winter. Owing to systems originating in the New World, the city often sees multiple days of freezing temperatures and snow during the winter and spring months. An average of 22 days per year are snow days, dropping about 27.4 inches of snow in a given year. January and February are the city's snowiest months. Temperatures tend to be warmer during the spring months, with high temperatures going from 50s in March to 80s by June; the same trend in reverse is true of the fall months. Precipitation tends to drop off slightly during these months, and snow is uncommon during the spring. Snow may occur during the fall months. Summers are hot and dry, with highs in the 90s during June and July, and hovering around 80 during August. Lows typically hover in the high 50s. Precipitation does occur, but is not common during these months.

Partly because of its location and partly because of the heat island effect, Nylzsryf is one of the warmest cities in the Western Kingdom. Daytime temperatures exceeding 90 degrees are not unusual, and occur around 65 times a year, and most days between May and September top 80 degrees. Temperatures exceeding 110 are rare, but have historically occurred about three times per decade. The record high in Nylzsryf is 116 degrees, and was set during a heat wave on 7 July, 1985; a temperature of 112 on 8 August, 1985 is the latest a 110+ degree day has occurred in the city. The city can also be very cold, with temperatures dropping below freezing about 15 times a year. Nevertheless, the city has never seen a day below zero degrees–the record low for the city is 6 degrees and has been set twice: once on 28 December, 1996, and again on 2 February, 2005.

The city averages exactly 49 inches of precipitation per year, most of which falls in the form of rain. Average snowfall is about 27.4 inches per year.

Climate data for Nylzsryf, Kryfona Kingdom (1890-2016)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °F (°C) 66
(19)
74
(23)
88
(31)
97
(36)
101
(38)
109
(43)
116
(47)
112
(44)
100
(38)
94
(34)
87
(31)
78
(26)
116
(47)
Average high °F (°C) 44
(7)
46
(8)
49
(9)
66
(19)
78
(26)
88
(31)
96
(36)
94
(34)
79
(26)
63
(17)
50
(10)
46
(8)
66.6
(19.3)
Average low °F (°C) 26
(−3)
31
(−1)
33
(1)
40
(4)
48
(9)
56
(13)
58
(14)
54
(12)
45
(7)
40
(4)
33
(1)
28
(−2)
41
(4.9)
Record low °F (°C) 8
(−13)
6
(−14)
12
(−11)
13
(−11)
28
(−2)
38
(3)
41
(5)
31
(−1)
25
(−4)
17
(−8)
10
(−12)
6
(−14)
6
(−14)
Average precipitation inches (mm) 5.3
(135)
4.6
(117)
4.1
(104)
3.8
(97)
4.2
(107)
3.5
(89)
2.8
(71)
3.3
(84)
3.8
(97)
4.1
(104)
4.6
(117)
4.9
(124)
49
(1,246)
Average snowfall inches (cm) 8.3
(21.1)
7.6
(19.3)
2.1
(5.3)
0.3
(0.8)
0
(0)
0
(0)
0
(0)
0
(0)
0
(0)
0.7
(1.8)
2.6
(6.6)
5.8
(14.7)
27.4
(69.6)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) 7 8 6 7 6 4 5 6 6 8 9 8 80
Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 in) 5 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 6 22
Source: HVZC (National Weather and Atmospheric Administration)