Cap de Pingüins
Cap de Pingüins | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Flag | |||
| Country |  Balisca | ||
| Community |  Cerdanya | ||
| Before confederation | Hesperian League | ||
| Confederalization into Southern Confederation | 19 December 1808 | ||
| Capital and largest city | Puerto Baliscano | ||
| Administration | 4 cantons, and 65 communes | ||
| Common languages | Judaeo-Spanish, Mozarabic Minorities: Arabic, Turkish, Berber languages, Aramaic, Assyrian | ||
| Ethnic groups (2023) | 42.7% Baliscans 57.3% others | ||
| Government | Liquid democracy with regional council | ||
| Legislature | Assembly of Cap de Pingüins | ||
| National representation | |||
| 1 seat (of 736) | |||
| Area | |||
• Total | 1,477,700 km2 (570,500 sq mi) (1st) | ||
| Population | |||
• December 2023 estimate | 115,723 (44th) | ||
• 2020 census | 115,715 | ||
• Density | 0.078/km2 (0.2/sq mi) (2nd) | ||
| HDI (2024) |  0.898very high · 4th | ||
| Time zone | UTC-3 (BST) | ||
| Postal abbreviation | CP | ||
| ISO 3166 code | BL-CDP | ||
| Symbols | |||
| Flower | Hesperian purslane (Portulaca amilis) | ||
| Colour(s) | Dark blue and white | ||
| Internet TLD | .cdp | ||
| Website | consejo.cdp.bl | ||
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Cap de Pingüins (Catalan for "Cape of Penguins"), is one of the ten regions of the Cerdanyan community within the Baliscan Confederation. It is the least populous region within Balisca, and the largest region by area. Additionally, it is the southernmost Baliscan region and has no land borders. The region's capital and largest city is Puerto Baliscano.
The territory of Cap dels Pingüins includes Balisca's claimed Antarctic Territory (this claim is suspended as part of the Antarctic Treaty). The Ítaca Islands (Könāgū in Yaghan), the South Orkney Islands and the San Pedro Islands are administered by Cap dels Pingüins, and form the it's Illes de l’Atlàntic Sud (South Atlantic Islands) Province. The regional authorities reside in Puerto Baliscano and the assembly designates a delegate for the Antarctica sector. The "civil power" of any of the administrators extends no further than Balisca's own bases.
The territory of the current region had been inhabited by indigenous people (most notably the Yaghans) for more than 12,000 years, since they migrated south of the mainland. It was first encountered by European explorers in 1520 when spotted by Ferdinand Magellan. Due to the region's significance to unrestricted navigation through the Drake Passage, it was heavily contested between the British and Spanish empires during the 18th Century. The dispute originated from several treaties between Britain and Spain that resolved the Falklands Crisis of 1770. At the time the treaties were signed, Spanish authority in the Baliscan archipelago was minimal, and near nonexistent in the Malvinas region. As the Spanish Empire descended into disarray the Southern Confederation rapidly seized their island holdings in the South Atlantic, often taking them without a fight.
Argentina asserted that they inherited Spain's sovereign rights over the territory, claiming that as the successor state of the Viceroyalty of the Rio de la Plata. As a result, Argentina claimed, in whole or in part, the territory of Cap de Pingüins.
