Puerto Joya

[waway625 72]

Table of Contents

Chapter 1  (Welcome to Puerto Joya)

    Preface

    I. Introduction

    II. History

          a. Founding of the city

          b. Early Development

          c. World War II

          d. Rebirth

          e. Rise of a Metropolis

    III. Puerto Joya Today

          a. Geography

          b. Economy

          c. Infrastructure

          d. Healthcare

          e. Education

          f.  Tourism

Chapter II (AROUND PUERTO JOYA)

    I. The Urban Core defined and an overview of the districts of Poblacion, Alegria Hills ,San Vicente and Don Alejandro

    II. An overview of the districts of La Rhea and San Antonio Hills

    III. An overview of the Punta Joya Freeport and Special Economic Zone

    IV. An overview of the districts outside the urban core

    VI. Cities of Metro Puerto Joya

             a.Pujada City

             b. Island Garden City of Kembali

             c. Sta. Cruz

             d. Valencia

Chapter III (LIVING IN PUERTO JOYA)

    I. Life in Puerto Joya

    II. Housing

    III. Points of Interest

    IV.

    V.

    VI.

Chapter IV  ( A TALE OF TWO CITIES)

    

        

[waway625 72]

Preface

Mabuhay! Welcome to my 2nd City Journal (the first being the "city state of Clarkstown" which was lost during my computer upgrade last year).

My second attempt at a city journal is about my city of Puerto Joya.As in Clarkstown, it is about a fictional Philippine City, this time however, the city takes the place of Davao (the Philippines 3rd largest city).So with this CJ, Davao will be nonexistent as i will use parts of its history (or at least be inspired from it)

some articles in the introduction are taken from (but edited) wikipedia so i do apologize in advance if i may have committed copyright infringements

The City of Puerto Joya

 

Introduction

The City of Puerto Joya: De Facto Capital of Mindanao ( Lungsod ng Puerto Joya ) is one of the most important cities in the Philippines and the chief city of the island of Mindanao. It is one of the largest city in the Philippines in terms of land area, occupying an area of 928 square kilometers. The City  is also the main hub, outside of the capital, of international flights into the country and is the most important center of commerce, trade, and industry in the Visayas and Mindanao, the southern parts of the country.   Puerto Joya has a population of 1,725,355 people (2005 estimate) in 240,057 households (2000 census). It has about 2.5 million people in daylight hours.

History

 

Founding of a City

Prior to the coming of the Spanish colonizers, Puerto Joya was a fluorishing fishing village and trading post with trade relations with nearby settlements within the island as well as nearby Borneo and Sulawesi.

Spanish influence was hardly felt in Puerto Joya until 1848, when an expedition led by Don Jose Oyanguren came to establish a Christian settlement in the southern part of the island of Mindanao. He then named the region Nueva Guipozcoa, in honor of his home in  Spain, and became its first governor. under his rule, Nueva Guipozcoa gradually grew as migrants from other towns settled in.

Early Development

A few years after the American forces landed in 1900, private farm ownership grew and transportation and communication facilities were improved, thus paving the way for the region's economic growth.among the important infrastructures were the creation of a port and the creation of a region-wide railway

A Japanese entrepreneur named Kichisaburo Ohta was granted permission to exploit vast territories which he transformed into  abaca and coconut plantations. He established extensive abaca plantations all over the region and developed large-scale commercial interests such as copra, timber, fishing and import-export trading. Filipinos learned the techniques of improved cultivation from the Japanese so that ultimately, agriculture became the lifeblood of the province's economic prosperity.

In 1920, with the growth of the economy from agricultural exports, the local businessmen lobbied for the

[bbfan02 23]

Wow, great start! I love the effects to the pictures and the airport looks great. You have a excellent-looking city.

-bbfan02-

[Mikeaut1 261]

Wow what a great start to this CJ, it's really looking excellent. I like your little towns that sit on the coasts and in valleys. Excellent start!

[GreekMan 246]

WOW this is the greatest intro into a CJ i have ever seen here!

Great great job!

[jrone3 2]

Beautiful pictures. I like how you used the timeline to make the pictures more sharper and colorful. Great attention to detail.

[vivydu29 60]

Wow, your city is very beautiful, great start and great work.

[DetroitINC 0]

very nice start, I enjoyed it from start to finish and you have a very nice downtown

[super_monkey 0]

Nice start! awsone skyline, love the Airport

[jacqulina 162]

wonderfull start my friend allready looking fantastic and amazing pics

[gabry85 2]

Great start and excellent photoshopping! Even "recent" photos look realistically aged! Impressive!

[Smarty218 2]

Fantastic photoshopping! An awesome start, can't wait to see more...

[panthersimcity4 162]

Omg this is so awesome. I love the farms!

[bokrif 18]

nice job, with the history too!

[jugioh1012 2]

Nice job!I really like this!

[Schulmanator 5,787]

A very nice start for the CJ. I like the way you show it now and then and you have used a style very well to evoke a sense of space. Nice to see you back in the CJs.

[TheSixCents 0]

nice man!

I missed u when u left the USCN BTW

[connorc24 2]

Haha! Great job buddy! Looks like an awesome first start! I can't wait to see your application for the AU. Looking forward to more.

[androidboi 57]

nais. kagaling mo!! lol.

great job man.

[bobinator 0]

Cool city. The photoshopping adds a nice touch.

[crazychickensc12 84]

This is looking very nice. The layout of the city has a nice flow and awesome story line as well. The black and white pictures give a nice touch to it, not much to complain about except in the Ladislawa Garden Village pic I noticed the streets were very bumpy and I've always been a stickler for flat or smooth hills, try using the rail perhaps to smooth it out before you lay down a street, just a suggestion of course. Keep up the great work you definetly have some city building talent!

[KingTitan 6]

What a great way to start a CJ....History....Old Pics.....slowly looking newer and newer. Fantastic presentation friend. Will be back for more for sure on this one. Great work.

[waway625 72]

UPDATE! well the update is in post #2, i combined them into one update (CHAPTER1)

 

REPLIES

bbfan02 - thanks!glad you liked the effects, watch out for the new airport soon

Mikeaut1 - thanks you for the compliment, the small towns will be featured soon

Greekman - Wow, I am humbled by your comment thank you so much

Jrone3 - glad you liked the "timeline" effects, it took me quite sometime to compile the pics

vivydu29 - thank you , im glad you find the city beautiful,expect more detailed tours in a few updates

DetroitINC - thank you. please do come back for more detailed updates

super_monkey - thanks..which airport did you like BTW?

jacqulina - thanks jaky

gabry85 - thank you, i was just messing with the effects on photoshop, with luck i got some of the effects i wanted lol

Smarty218 - its not exactly fantastic lol, more of luck i guess im not a photoshop expert, i just play with the sliders haha

Panthersimcity4 - lol but i havent shown the farms yet but i guess they look nice even from afar?

bokrif - thanks, the history bit i cant take full credit, its a mix of history articles i got from wikipedia lol
j
ugioh1012 - thank you!

Schulmanator - WOw thanks for the "welcome" yeah it took me quite sometime to get back to playing SC4 */blames crysis lol

thesixcents - yeah too bad the USCN got dissolved but they made a new union right?

connorc24 - are you westseattleguy from SSC?

truflip - oi diz! lets revive the SC4 thread at "samahan"

bobinator - thanks, im currently trying to learn what the sliders in photoshop do lol

crazychickensc12- yeah that road missed my quality check lol..it does irritate me to see roads like that too,im fixing the roads now

Kingtitan - thank you. glad you liked the transition from the old to the present that would probably be the last though as my next updates would be a tour of the city. do come back though

[Geronimo 4]

Amazing CJ you have going on here mate, its just beautifull. The layout and building style is just awesome, and the "past/present" intro is just so good! Great update as well! I`ll definately be back for more.

[Dsrwhat316 12]

this is an amazing start! great photoshopping with the "early days" pics, and also with the present day ones.

the only critique I have is the pic with the diagonal rail line. you should check out this mod over on SimPeg. it'll get rid of those ugly tan dirt patches underneath the rails. you have to be registered there, though, to download.

other than that, absolutely perfect work! i'll be back for more, you can count on it!

~ Dan

[The_Hutt 11]

Uh...wow. That's a pretty incredible start, good work.

[connorc24 2]

I am so jealous!!! That is amazing stuff! Great work! Simply beautiful! Yea, and I am westseattle guy from SSC.

[hamsterTK 93]

Awesome...to the max

You know we need more cj's like this, with intersting background information, etc

[heinrick123 0]

it looks like davao city

[dralin321 0]

For such a new cj, I think you've amazed lots of people, one of them being me!