Nekas
Nekas sits on the coast in Eastern Hokishu. It is one of the country's larger secondary cities and a regional centre of trade. Work here is dominated by forestry, shipping, services.
City record
Population
609K
Founded
1687
Region
Eastern Hokishu
Economy
Forestry · Shipping · Services
Known for
the old customs house
Setting
temperate forest
Seaport
Inside the city
districts- New Districts
planned expansion built during the last boom
- The Foundries
industrial blocks that grew with the railway
- Old Quarter
the original walled settlement, now mostly civic offices
Location
—° —′ · —° —′——×1.0
Context
Eastern Hokishu is mostly temperate forest opening onto the sea, cut by river valleys. Local production centres on minerals, iron, energy, coal.
Country