Ghiazkent
Ghiazkent sits on the coast in Misir Vale. It is one of the country's larger secondary cities and a regional centre of trade. Work here is dominated by shipping, services.
City record
Population
535K
Founded
1891
Region
Misir Vale
Economy
Shipping · Services
Known for
the old customs house
Setting
temperate forest
Seaport
Inside the city
districts- The Foundries
industrial blocks that grew with the railway
- Riverside
warehouses converted into workshops and housing
- Old Quarter
the original walled settlement, now mostly civic offices
Location
—° —′ · —° —′——×1.0
Context
Misir Vale is mostly fertile lowland opening onto the sea. Local production centres on agriculture, timber, energy, fisheries.
Country