Siraŋe
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| Government | |
| Country | Baranxtu |
| Capital | Siraŋe |
| Official Languages: | Asuaneï, Baranxeï, French, Nidajii, Qi |
| Working Languages: | Baranxeï, Nidajii |
| Governor | Inesi Dubasri |
| Demographics | |
| Population: 2006 census |
43,074,746 |
| Language Groups: | 41.7% Nidajii 29.8% Baranxeï 10.2% Asuaneï 7.5% French 6.3% Qi 4.5% other |
Siraŋe (official name: Bar. Siraŋe-Nedaimē; Asu. Širaŋη-Nidama; Nid. Sraŋana-Nedajima; QiNedaime-Sirange) is a city state of Baranxtu; it is also its largest city (unless one counts Siragge as a metropolitan region and not a single city).
Siraŋe is one of the most important economic and cultural centers of Baranxtu, superceded in importance probably only by the capital itself.
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Name
Siraŋe is ultimately derived from Akes Mersanint, and entered Baranxeï via Nidaji.
The Akes Mersanint name for the town that stretched over three islands in the delta of the Aβand river was neteamia (from ne - city and tea - island), meaning Town on the Islands.
When the first Nidajans arrived in 1703, they talked to the indigenous people using a dictionairy published by Baranxtuans. However, in the beginning, they mistook neteamia for netaimai, which means Town on the Eagle('s Back).
Not realising their mistake, they calqued the name into Nidaji sí raŋa enà from si (city), raŋi (eagle) and enà (on top). After the conquest of Siraŋe in 1714, Siraŋaenà was adopted as the city's official name.
Baranxtuans incorporated the name into their language as Siraŋena, and in the course of the years, the -na was dropped.
Today, the city's official names are Siraŋe-Nedaimē in Baranxeï, Sraŋana-Nedajima in Nidaji, Nedaime-Sirange in Qi and Sirangue-Nedème in French.
History
Demography
Geography
Economy
Education
Siraŋe is home to a number of important Baranxtuan university. Historically, the Queen Šrapin University Siraŋe was the most important one. Nowadays, it is still the most important religious and philosophical university of the country.
Other universities, such as the Queen Ana University Siraŋe have grown to be larger, however.
Culture
Symbols
Flag
The flag of Siraŋe was designed in 1960, when French and Qi were recognized as regional languages.
The basic format is that of a symmetric cross; each of the cantons features the name of Siraŋe in one of the four major languages of the provinces.
The upper left canton shows the name Neteamia in traditional Akes Mersanint Logographical Script (it was chosen instead of the modern Qi alphabet as a compromise with speakers of other, not recognized Native languages). The upper right canton shows the name Siraŋe in the Baranxeï Alphabet (the version used differs slightly from the script the government uses nowadays).
The lower left features Sraŋana in Nidajian Alphabet, which has to be read column-by-column from left to right (the second symbols is a placeholder, signifying a lack of a vowel). Finally, the lower right features the French Sirangue in Latin script.
The only other provincial flag of Baranxtu to display letters is the flag of Bari Nazer.
