Kalmar

Flag of Kalmar

## History

#### Early History

The Island of Kalmar was mentioned 1508, when a Spanish boat heading for Cuba went a wrong way due strong winds and landed in Kalmar and wrote „While the fog went away we saw a sandy beach. <<That must be Isla Juana!>> we shouted. But after entering the island we saw those huge peaks. Captain Karlos Armandes called our new home Karlamandes (-> later Kalmar).“ Since the sailors couldn’t go back, the Spanish never got to know about Kalmar.

#### European Settlers

After many decades later, the Germans, Italians,Swiss and Polish people came to live in peace on there island to create their own cities and living there. The first city’s were established like Sankt Nodrowis, Halinio and Poniatowskiowo. They declared it as the First Kalmari Republic. The Europeans died out slowly because of the climate there and the Spanish started to send there slaves there.

#### Modern History

After the independence of Venezuela from Spain, because of lack of knowing that the republic exists, the island just were declared as Venezuelan territory. Some Venezuelans moved in, but it never had a big importance to the Venezuelan government. After multiple years, the Sanktish Party PMP, made a bill about buying the Island. After it passed, the talks with Venezuela begun. With success, it got an official sanktish territory.

## Geography

Kalmar is an island located on the Caribbean sea. Its Eastern most point is the lighthouse in Haiuko and the Westernmost is in El-Poniatowski.

### Waters

The longest rivers in Kalmar are: Amirscreek, Goiguno, Samaa, Westermoore and Poidge. While the biggest lake is Lake Lucas.

Waterfronts play an important role in Kalmar, more than 92% lives on the river banks or other Waterfronts and cities are usually located near rivers.

The Goiguno river and Amircreek are unique, as they created huge valleys and enormous Waterfalls, which made the Guigono Valley and Haiuko an UNESCO World Heritage Site. Amirscreek also splits the Stadtberg Hill from Francis Hill.The Rivers of Westermoore and Poigde create the East-West boundary on Kalmar.

### Terrain

The Kalmari Terrain is pretty mountainous with more than 64% of the territory being mountainous. The Westernpart, which is also referred as the Switzerland of the Caribbean Sea, is full of Huge cliffs, The Pico de Los Marachues, which is with 2897m the biggest peak of Sankten, and also the world famous 7 hills of Haiuko, called:

* Francis Hill
* Stadtberg

* Lucas Hill
* Peters Hill
* Monte Clargio
* Monte Haiuko
* Neuenberg

The Eastern is filled with Rolling Hills, which is great for cities. That’s why most of the population lives on the Eastern part. Still has the Eastern part its own mountain range, which is split in half because of the Easternbay. In the central part, between East-and Westkalmar is the Hjurgczca Valley.

### Coast

Kalmar is an island, the coastline measures circa 467km, mostly because of the numerous bays and cliffs in the Western part

Kalmar is world famous for its sandy beaches, which attracts over a million visitors from all over the world.

### Climate

Kalmar lies in Tropical Climate. Therefore the average temperature is 26,8° Celcius. The warmest months are june, july and august and the coldest - december, january, february.

### Flora and fauna

Kalmar has an enormous biodiversity.The forest coverage in Kalmar is 69%, which is a very high score. Most of the country is covered with tropical forests, which gives Kalmar a very high air quality index. Kalmar is the home o the Guigono tropicalforest,which is listed together with the Guigono Valley and Haiuko in the UNESCO world heritage list. In Kalmar you can find 97 Mammalsspecies, 400 Bird-species, 55 Reptile-species, 25 amphibian species, 617 butterflyspecies aswell more than 2.200 Plant-species, which makes Kalmar one of the most habituated islands in the world.

#### Islands

The island of Kalmar is actually made up of 3 islands:

* Kalmar
* Boomerang Island (a.k.a Airport Island)
* Sun Island
* Moon Island
* Mateusz Peninsula (Connected by land to Kalmar)

## Tourism

Because of the huge mega projects, Kalmar tourism is booming. Governor Nodrowis encouragement and commitment of building skyscrapers, beaches, resorts and infrastructure have turned Kalmar into a new heaven for tourism. It is a mixture between Dubai, California, Manhattan and many other touristic areas. It was estimated that Kalmar will be visited by 8.4 million visitors next 5 years, which would overtake Gdynzyc as number one touristic hotspot of Sankten.

#### Main tourist destinations:

Most popular tourist destinations estimated

#### UNESCO world heritage sites:

1. Old town in Haiuko
2. Guigono Valley in Guigono/Haiuko
3. Guigono Rainforest in Guigono
4. Castle in Mateusz Peninsula
5. Kalmar Peaks Park

## Transport

Road transport in Kalmar is relatively developed. Most people usually travel in high-speed trains during longer trips. There are 4 highways in Kalmar:

* A11 Haiuko-El Poniatowski
* A12 Haiuko-Odrowaz Beach
* A13 New Krakow-Airport
* A14 Odrowaz Beach-A11/A14 Intersection

Public transport is the most used transportation in Kalmar. Kalmar has the most advanced and widest public transportation systems in South America. Every passenger transportation systems are operated and owned by the Sankten Transport Directory.

There are also one airport in Kalmar, being Kalmar International Airport.

## Cities

There are many new Cites build and created all around Kalmar.

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## Culture

The Kalmari culture is very rich, as it wasn't destroyed because of lack of knowledge about the island. It's mostly influenced by the German, Swiss, Italian, Spanish and Polish Settlers which founded the first Kalmari Republic.

### Architecture

#### Rural

Kamar has the highest % of traditional buildings in the Caribbean. The traditional architecture patterns are very diverse on the whole Island because of the many cultures it was influenced by.

The Kalmar traditional houses are very similar to those of Ticino, Switzerland . They have one up to 4 floors. The walls are made of stone bricks. The most decorative element are wooden doors,

All around Kalmar there are german and Polish inspired homes.

#### Urban

Kalmar even has a large number of very well preserved exmples of urban settlments dating back the Middle Ages, even though Kalmar’s overwhelmingly amount of new architecture.

In old urban houses, dominate the renaissance, gothic and baroque style. The most important building in the city is the town hall. It indicates the wealth of the city, so they're very large and beatiful. Many old towns have also well preserved fortifications.

#### New architectoral styles

Kalmar has a huge amount of new architectural buildings.

* Neo Futurism is mostly used in Santa Nodrowis for Art Museums, Stadtbahn Stops and libraries.
* Modern Architecture is mostly used for houses and Villas all around Kalmar,
* Digital Architecture is used for schools and other facilities all around Kalmar.