Laurens

City of Laurens
Flag of the City of Laurens. Flag
Anthem: N/A
Status	Active
Official languages	English,Rovani,Arabic
Government	Federal Constitutional Monarchy
Population
• 2024 census	13
Currency	Pacuen (Pcu)

Laurens, officially the City of Laurens, is the capital city of Rovia. It is located close to the banks of the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. It currently hosts the headquarters of the Laurens Brigade. It is currently home to 42% of Rovian citizens.

Toponomy

The city gets it's name from the Alexandrian neighborhood it borders, which is similarly spelled Loran (except that it is also written as Loran), an Arabized version of the name Laurens. The neighborhood had gotten it's name from a French cigarette factory owner called Edouard Laurens, who decided to move into the area after he had opened his first factory in Egypt.

History

Prehistoric and Ancient Era

Radiocarbon dating of seashell fragments and lead contamination show human activity at the location of Laurens during the period of the Old Kingdom (27th–21st centuries BC) and again in the period 1000–800 BC, followed by the absence of activity after that. A small Egyptian fishing village named Rhacotis (Egyptian language: rꜥ-qdy.t, 'That which is built up') existed since the 13th century BC in the vicinity and eventually grew to be the Egyptian part of Alexandria, not far from Rovian Laurens. While east of Alexandria and Laurens (where Abu Qir Bay is now), there were in ancient times marshland and several islands. As early as the 7th century BC, there existed important port cities of Canopus and Heracleion. The latter was recently rediscovered underwater.

Geography

Climate

Climate data for Laurens, State of Rovia (2014)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	33.3 (91.9)	32.9 (91.2)	40.0 (104)	41.0 (105.8)	45.0 (113)	43.8 (110.8)	43.0 (109.4)	38.6 (101.5)	41.4 (106.5)	38.2 (100.8)	35.7 (96.3)	31.0 (87.8)	45.0 (113)
Average high °C (°F)	18.4 (65.1)	19.3 (66.7)	20.9 (69.6)	24.0 (75.2)	26.5 (79.7)	28.6 (83.5)	29.7 (85.5)	30.4 (86.7)	29.6 (85.3)	27.6 (81.7)	24.1 (75.4)	20.1 (68.2)	24.9 (76.8)
Daily mean °C (°F)	13.4 (56.1)	13.9 (57)	15.7 (60.3)	18.5 (65.3)	21.2 (70.2)	24.3 (75.7)	25.9 (78.6)	26.3 (79.3)	25.1 (77.2)	22.0 (71.6)	18.7 (65.7)	14.9 (58.8)	20.0 (68)
Average low °C (°F)	9.1 (48.4)	9.3 (48.7)	10.8 (51.4)	13.4 (56.1)	16.6 (61.9)	20.3 (68.5)	22.8 (73)	23.1 (73.6)	21.3 (70.3)	17.8 (64)	14.3 (57.7)	10.6 (51.1)	15.8 (60.4)
Record low °C (°F)	0.0 (32)	0.0 (32)	2.3 (36.1)	3.6 (38.5)	7.0 (44.6)	11.6 (52.9)	17.0 (62.6)	17.7 (63.9)	14 (57)	10.7 (51.3)	1.0 (33.8)	1.2 (34.2)	0 (32)
Average Rainfall mm (inches)	52.8 (2.079)	29.2 (1.15)	14.3 (0.563)	3.6 (0.142)	1.3 (0.051)	0.0 (0)	0.0 (0)	0.1 (0.004)	0.8 (0.031)	9.4 (0.37)	31.7 (1.248)	52.7 (2.075)	195.9 (7.713)
Average relative humidity (%)	69	67	67	65	66	68	71	71	67	68	68	68	67.92
Average rainy days (≥ 0.01 mm)	11.0	8.9	6.0	1.9	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	2.9	5.4	9.5	46.8
Sunshine hours	192.2	217.5	248.0	273.0	316.2	354.0	362.7	344.1	297.0	282.1	225.0	195.3	3,307.1
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