Puerto Francisco
Puerto Francisco Պփերտո Ֆրանծիսծո Port François | |
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City | |
City of Puerto Francisco | |
Skyline of Puerto Francisco | |
Nicknames: Puerto del Sur, Salvador del Sur | |
Motto(s): Մե րեծփերդո, Me recuerdo, Je me souviens (I remember) | |
Country | Creeperopolis |
Department | Salvador |
Viceroyalty | Puerto Francisco |
Settled | 950 BC |
Quebecshirite control | 1311 |
Return to Creeperopolis | 1611 |
Government | |
• Type | Mayor-council |
• Mayor | José Ramírez Sandoval (IC) |
Highest elevation | 105 ft (32 m) |
Lowest elevation | 0 ft (0 m) |
Population (2018) | |
• Total | 901,291 |
• Estimate (2020) | 904,184 |
Demonym(s) | Puerto Francisqueño |
Time zone | AMT–3 (ATL) |
Area code(s) | 16 |
Website | puertofrancisco.gob.cr |
Puerto Francisco (Creeperian – Creeperian: Պփերտո Ֆրանծիսծո; literally translated as: Port Francis), originally known as Puerto del Sur (Southern Port), sometimes called Salvador del Sur (South Salvador), also known as Port François, and officially known as the City of Puerto Francisco, is a city in the department of Salvador, just south of the city of Salvador. It is one of the largest settlements on the Bay of Salvador.
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History
Early history
The area which is modern-day Puerto Francisco was first settled in the year 950 BC as a military outpost of the Kingdom of Cuscatlán. The first settlement was called Tlauhkampaernueyatltlan, translating from Proto-Old Creeperian roughly as "East Sea Place" or "Eastern Sea Settlement."
In 892 BC, the military commander, Xicohtencatl of the military outpost, which by then had already formed into a proper city with a growing population of 6,000 people, declared independence as the Kingdom of Tlauhkampa. He ordered the execution of 20 overseeing officials from the Kingdom of Cuscatlán and went to war with the kingdom. He allied himself with various other cities and kingdoms in the eastern reaches of the kingdom and decisively defeated the armies of Cuscatlán in the battles of Tenayuca and Chalco.