City Center

A City Center is the tile a city is founded on. That is, it's the tile that actually shows the graphic icon of a city.
=== Common rules for City Centers, in most rulesets: ===
The city center tile...
* Gets worked for free, without assigning a citizen to work it.
* Gets a food bonus as if it is irrigated, even though it is not irrigated.
*Gets an immediate food bonus if the city has a Supermarket.
* Gets a "Nile River Bonus" on desert rivers, for rulesets which have it.
* Gets a minimum food output of +1 food, even if the tile would normally get no food.
* Gets a minimum shield output of +1 shield, even if the tile would normally produce no shields.
* Gets an automatic road or other road-type if the technology is available.
* Gets a unit bonus of being Fortified whether or not the unit is in a fortified state.
* Allows the loading or unloading of cargo units.
* Rules specific to the ruleset.
=== Special rules specific to some rulesets: ===
* Before Bridge Building, exiting a city with a Quay to an adjacent road costs 1/3 move point. (The move cost for quays onto roads is normally 2/3 move point.) (MP2 rules)
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