Altamira

Altamira
City
View down onto the city from Pico del Viento.
Motto(s): Tel nilenad os'heratad itaskenít
Special Administrative Region	Altamira
Founding	1978
Mayor	Carlos Valles
Population (2015)
• Total	1,412,814
Demonym(s)	Altamireño
Time zone	Verrazano Standard Time (UTC-6)

Part of a series on the administrative divisions of
Gran Altiplano
Provinces Altiplano Averillas Catamarca Puerto Sierra Roblemar
Departments Agujón Akylaren Álten Késaru Castrillón Cedeño Coruña Desekénam El Arribo Islas Medellín Lasialen La Orilla Orozco Pereira Ridálan San Martín Terraplénes
Municipalities Áviles Puerto Yunque Tarancón et cetera
Special Administrative Regions Altamira Isla Palomas

Altamira, or Áskalen in Riadálu, is the capital of Gran Altiplano, as well as one of the country's two special administrative regions. It is the fourth largest city in the country, with a population of 1.41 million, but has the highest population density of any major city in the country. Founded in 1978 in the wake of the March Revolution, Altamira's location at the delta of the Rio Nevado was selected as a compromise, as the mountainous islands on the border between Catamarca and Roblemar had remained unsettled and were thus not a part of either. This move avoided showing partiality to any of the states forming the Confederation by locating the capital in a neutral location. Construction on the principal infrastructure of the city did not however begin until 1981 due to the instability of the state and the worldwide geopolitical crisis initiated by the Revolution. A combination of land reclamation and innovative building techniques have allowed the city to continue growing since.

The city is currently governed by Carlos Valles of the PPA, who has held the office of Mayor since 2008, when he was elected on a reformist platform along with other key figures in the 2008 constitutional reforms. The City Council consists of three representatives from each of the city's fourteen districts. As of the 2014 mayoral elections, Altamira became the third city in Gran Altiplano to have a majority in local government from a party other than the PPA, although Valles retained his position off the back of record approval ratings.

Altamira is unique in that it is the only city in the world to have a motto in Ordialid, having been selected by the nascent PPA on account of its globalist and internationalist implications.