San Remo
Republic of San Remo | |
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Motto: "Deus lo vult" (Latin) God wants it | |
Location of San Remo | |
Capital and largest city | Rhea |
Official languages | Spanish, Portuguese, Latin |
Demonym | San Remano/a |
Government | Unitary presidential constitutional republic |
• President | Juan García Aragón |
• Vice President | Horacio Domingo Elizondo |
Establishment | |
• Independence from Spain | 19 February 1785 |
• Republic | 5 July 1889 |
Area | |
• Total | 111,296 km2 (42,972 sq mi) |
Population | |
• 2013 estimate | 10,267,340 |
• Density | 92.3/km2 (239.1/sq mi) |
Currency | Peso (COP) |
Date format | DD/MM/YYYY |
Drives on the | right |
Internet TLD | .sr |
San Remo, officially the Republic of San Remo, is a sovereign state, located on the northern continent of Internatia. The capital is Rhea, the largest city of the country by both land area and population. San Remo is bordered by Sockistan to the northwest, Anselmsuusonia to the east, Kosma to the southeast and by the sea to the north and the southwest.
History
Pre-San Remo
San Remo was already inhabited in 10,000 BC. It was a part of the Roman Empire during the ancient Roman civilization and it existed of different kingdoms during the Middle Ages. An important city was San Remo, founded on 13 August 489 and named after St. Remigius.
Republic of San Remo
After Portuguese and Spanish domination, San Remo became independent on 19 February 1785. Radboud I became king of the Kingdom of San Remo (Spanish: Reino de San Remo; Portuguese: Reino de Sanremo).
In 1889 king Ferdinand II of San Remo abdicated the throne and San Remo became a republic on 5 July 1889.
Geography
Administrative divisions
San Remo is divided into 13 departments (Spanish: departamentos, sing. departamento).
Flag | Name | Capital |
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Gondomar | Vila Franca | |
León | Rhea |
Sport
Internatian Games
San Remo sent athletes to the first Internatian Games in Madakia, Tikata. The first San Reman medal ever was won by cyclist Lieuwe Westra in the Men's road time trial.
List of medalists
Medal | Name | Games | Sport | Event |
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Gold | Lieuwe Westra | I Madakia | Cycling | Men's road time trial |
Bronze | Marianne Vos | I Madakia | Cycling | Women's road race |
Football
Football is the most popular sport in San Remo. Both the men's and the women's national team compete in the Internatian Games.
San Remo men's national football team
Internatian Games
Games | Round | Match |
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I Madakia | Round 1 (Group A) | San Remo 1–1 Tonallán |
I Madakia | Round 1 (Group A) | San Remo 1–0 Puntíkov |
San Remo women's national football team
Internatian Games
Games | Round | Match |
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I Madakia | Round 1 (Group D) | San Remo 0-0 Luzze |
I Madakia | Round 1 (Group D) | San Remo 0-0 Yazminia |
National flag
The national flag of San Remo is a tricolor flag. The horizontal fesses are bands of equal size in the colours, from top to bottom, yellow, orange and green. The flag proportions (width:length) are 2:3.
The flag was created during the struggle for independence from Spain. The colours were intended to symbolise the following: the yellow colour is the national colour and stands for the sun, but also for optimism and pleasure, the orange stands for the land and its fertility and the green stands for hope (which played an important role in the struggle for independence).
Scheme | Yellow | Orange | Green |
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RGB | (255,255,0) | (237,126,0) | (0,153,0) |
HTML | FFFF00 | ED7E00 | 009900 |
Coat of arms
The coat of arms of San Remo is based on Christianity, the religion of the country. The coat of arms features a picture of the defeat of Satan by the Archangel Michael. At the top there are two Angels looking down at the event. Between the Angels is the cross of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre, a Roman Catholic order of knighthood. The national motto "Deus lo vult" (God wants it) on the coat of arms became an important sentence during the struggle for independence, but moreover it represents the will of a person to worship the will of God and to accept his own destiny.