Port Philip

Port Philip is a large town and the judicial and financial capital of the dependency of the Harvian Islands the Harvian Islands. Its known for it's many markets, National Council, harbor and Decennium Hall. It has 45000 inhabitants. Many people work in the shipbuilding industry. It is located on Leeward and Princeton.

Geography
Port Philip lies in the Lowland Basin of Leeward Island. It's located around the Philip Bay. The western neighborhoods of the town are rather hilly, whereas the eastern neighborhoods are merely flat. The town is split in two by the King's River.

Neighborhoods
Port Philip counts 15 neighborhoods. All these neighborhoods have clear borders, and most are rectangular in shape, since the borders of the neighborhoods are merely artificial, and don't follow ethnic groups, landmarks or purposes of neighborhoods.


 * Dales
 * Downtown, the city center and heart of the government.
 * Harves Hill
 * Jules Creek
 * Leeward Town
 * Montville
 * Old River
 * Orange Gardens
 * Park Square
 * Philip's Docks, the harbor and principal industrial area of the town.
 * Plains
 * Port George
 * Port Philip International Airport, the airport of Port Philip and the Harvian Islands.
 * Rail Village, location of the main railway station, just outside the busy city center.
 * Waterside

Major buildings

 * National Council
 * City Library
 * Decennium Hall

Demography and ethnicity
Port Philip is the most populous town of the Harvian Islands. More than half of the Harvians live in Port Philip. There are many ethnic groups, of which the Bavanda Samoans, the native population of the Harvian Islands, the biggest is. There are also large groups of Tongans, South Pacific Samoans, Polynesians, Europeans and Asians. There live small groups of North Americans, South Americans and Melanesians as well. There are little Arabians and Africans, and almost no Australians.

Transportation
Port Philip is easily accessible by bus, plane, boat, car or train. There runs a railway from Stamadri to Port Philip, and there are many roads branching from the town to all parts of Leeward Island.

The city's road system exists of streets, that run from north to south and from east to west. In every neighborhood the street names are different, but if they are on one line, they are together called axes (singular: axis).

Port Philip access

 * From the north
 * Carriageway 2
 * From the west
 * Carriageway 1
 * Leeward Island Railway
 * From the south
 * Carriageway 5
 * Carriageway 3