Toleto

Toleto is a major industrial city of the Umayyad Caliphate in New Andalusia, located in Nouvelle-France more or less on the site of OTL's Birmingham, Alabama.   Toleto was founded in 1841 through the merger of several pre-existing towns, and named after Toleto, Spain. During Yusuf I's reign Toleto became the industrial city of the UCNA, which all others were measured against; friction between its interests and those of the surrounding countryside tipped it firmly into opposition to La Cidrerie, a tradition the city's retained ever since.  

History

In 1840, prospectors discovered that the area contained coal, limestone, and iron ore, all necessary to manufacture steel - and thus crucial to the development of the UCNA.

• Under Yusuf I, Toleto grew explosively, and it became the UCNA's first city to attract large-scale international immigration; most of its early steelworkers were from overseas, especially from the Basque Country.
• Toleto suffered hard under Abd.Rahman VI; the death of Sufyan and the abolition of slavery left Toleto without its "friend in the Alcazar" and its most famous political cause. This, coupled with a sudden influx of newly-emancipated slaves to the city, was the straw that broke Toleto, and it became a notoriously "turbulent" city.
• The old Toletano consensus collapsed under Yusuf II's reign. As company towns began to sprout around the city, labor organizing became increasingly common, important, and militant. This alienated the bonnes familles, who gravitated to the nascent Believers.
• In 1889, during the midst of a rail strike, the Toleto Party of Blackscarves published their terms and conditions of coalition; this document, the Acuerdo, proved wildly popular, coalescing into a political faction of the same name that dominated the Xura under Basil.

Neighborhoods

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Alzoco Nuevo: Founded during the reign of Abd.Rahman VI, the Alzoco Nuevo is the second of Toleto's two alzocos.   Alzoco Viejo: Like all Yusufid cities, Toleto was planned with an Alzoco. More than any other Yusufid city, however, Toleto spectacularly outgrew its expected population.   Basque Quarter: Many of Toleto's early steelworkers were from overseas; the most prominent group among the immigrants came from the Basque Country. Many of them returned to Europe as the political situation stabilized, but enough settled in Toleto to create a self-reinforcing immigrant community.

• The historically-Basque Alzamandi family moved into the Basque Quarter after the Anglo-Moorish War.

  The Old Towns:   The Railyards: Toleto has become a feeder hub for much of Nouvelle-France, connecting it to Medina Almogran.   Winemarket: Toleto abolished its Winemarket under Yusuf II, but the neighborhood still remains fairly upscale.