Hamezurakhel

Hamezurakhel (Koxori: Hamezúrakhel /ha.meˈt̪u.ra.xel/) is the capital city of Koxor. Founded as early as the 5th century CE, Hamezurakhel has had many names throughout its history, but gained its current name in 1499 when it was named after King Hamezu the Great. As the location of the Republican Building, the seat of the Federal Council and Imperial House of Koxor, the provincial capital of Hamezurakhel Province and the seat of the Northern Ocean Alliance, it is an important Laraniemian city. Located on the eastern shore of the Thamel River in west-central Koxor, the city is one of the five most visited places in Koxor (alongside Jetharim, Khazyr, Hethala Bay and the Pilame Mountains), with more than 320 million visitors each year. Hamezurakhel had a population of 6,688,000 as of October 2020, making it the 2nd-most populous city in Koxor. The metropolitan area of Hamezurakhel - the third-largest in Koxor - is 2115 km2, including the nearby towns of Lojelyr and Arilauan, with a total population of 9.4 million.

Early history
The first Alapetek-speaking tribes settled along the Thamel River as early as the 6th millennium BCE. Various settlements rose and fell over the next centuries, but the first true city was founded in the mid-5th century CE under the name Ejekhamel. Its inhabitants, the Ejekhi tribe, would go on to unite many neighbouring tribes and create the first state that can arguably be called Koxor. Explorers from the Cloacan Empire may have reached the mouth of the Thamel in 466 CE, but it is unclear whether this may have been the Ashelur or Totelyr estuary. By around 617 CE, the tribe's territory had expanded to include much of modern-day Hamezurakhel District, and the Tharimetylot (Duchy) of Ejekhamel was formed. It continued to expand and, in 1023, Ejekh Taotamelo was crowned King of the Ejekhi.