Aguada
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República de Aguada The Republic of Aguada |
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Flag of Aguada |
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Seal of Aguada |
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Motto En defensa del pueblo In defense of the people |
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Anthem: Hijos del pueblo Sons of the people |
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Aguada |
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Capital: Sandino |
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Official Languages: Spanish • English • Dutch Minor Languages:
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Government: Semi-presidential republic
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Legislature: Parliament
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Currency: Aguadan peso (₱) (AGP) |
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Timezone: UTC-7 (AGST) |
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Internet TLD: .av |
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ISO 3166 Code: AV |
Aguada, officially the Republic of Aguada is a country in the southeast region. Spanning across the majority of the Aguadan Peninsula, its territory has a coastline along the Sound of Aguada. Sandino is the largest city and capital. The official languages of Aguada include Spanish, English and Dutch, while minor languages include French as well as Sranantongo.
History
Pre-colonial era (4000 B.C.E. - 1542 C.E.)
Humans first settled in Aguada around 6,000 years ago. The first tribal Guanahatabey people migrated from the North and lived a hunter-gatherer lifestyle. About 2,000 years ago other large migrations took place which led to Aguada being dominated by the Taíno people with a communal agrarian lifestyle. Remnants of the old hunter-gatherer lifestyle still lived on in tribal Guanahatabey communities in the southern forests.
The inhabitants lived off the land. Those who settled in one place often took to fishing to survive, while the hunter-gatherer tribes had a more mixed diet of wild animals as well as fruits and plants that could be found in the wild.
Spanish colonization and rule (1542 C.E.- 1815 C.E.)
When America was discovered by Columbus, the colonization of the new world by the European powers quickly followed. After the Spanish conquest of Aguada in the early 16th century, the populations of Aguada, lesser in size and with no proper military to speak of, were quickly subjugated by the Spanish Empire. Early confrontations with the Spanish led to horrific genocides, which resulted in the near complete wiping out of the Agrarian peoples in the north. Most of the southern hunter-gatherer peoples were either enslaved or remained unknown to the Spanish at first.
After most of the native populations of Aguada had already been driven to extinction, enslaved Africans were imported to Aguada. It is unsure how many slaves were transported, but estimates suggest that between 1600 and 1800, some 15.000 Africans were imported to Aguada as slaves. Centuries of exploitation, enslavement and torture by the Spanish finally came to an end in 1815, when Spain was no longer able to sustain the colony due to the decline of their empire.
Dutch colonization and rule (1815 C.E.- 1830 C.E.)
In 1815, right after the fall of Napoleon, the British aimed to strengthen the Netherlands in order to enable them to potentially fight off the French in any future invasions. In order to secure this goal, the Netherlands was granted Belgium, Luxemburg and a few colonies, including Aguada.
Dutch rule over Aguada was not much more forgiving than that of the Spanish. Most of the native populations of Aguada had already been driven to extinction by the Spanish. In order to man the plantations that the Dutch were planning to set up in Aguada, the Dutch moved enslaved African-Surinamese people to the region.
Conditions on these plantations were often terrible. Many died of diseases or were driven to exhaustion. Today, many former plantations still exist, having been repurposed into farms or residences. There are still many Sranantongo speaking people in Aguada as a direct result of the movement of slaves during these years. It is unsure how many slaves were transported during this period, but experts estimate between a few thousand to many tens of thousands of people.
British colonization and rule (1830 C.E. - 1899 C.E.)
In 1830, due to the Belgian revolt in the Netherlands, the British realised their failure in their goal of strengthening the Netherlands. Because of this, seeing the Netherlands in their weakened state, they decided to seize Aguada.
For most people in Aguada, life changed little. Slavery persisted and the native populations by now had gone completely exctinct or had been assimilated into other ethnicities. After 4 years, slavery was abolished in all of the colonies of the United Kingdom.
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