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The city and its metropolitan area constitute the premier gateway for legal immigration to Staynes, and as many as 1,200 languages are spoken in Sani Bursil, making it Urth's most linguistically diverse city. Sani Bursil is home to more than 11 million residents born outside [[Great Morstaybishlia]] and their [[Morstaybishlian Empire#Present territories|Overseas Territories]], making it Urth's largest foreign-born population of any city. By 2016 estimates, the Sani Bursil metropolitan region remains by a significant margin the most populous in Staynes, as defined by the Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), 56.6 million residents. As one of three headquarters of the [[UNAC|United Nations of the Auroran Continent (UNAC)]], Sani Bursil is an important centre for international diplomacy and has been described as the cultural, financial, and media capital of Urth.
The [[Wikipedia:Industrial Revolution|Industrial Revolution]] in the late 18th and early 19th centuries saw a massive population boom and migration of people towards the area. Sani Bursil was the largest city on the banks of [[Morsa Lake]] and saw the largest population increase among neighbouring cities and towns. In the 19th century, tramways and horse and carriage roads were the main transport infrastructure. In the 1920s it was predicted that automobiles would become an integral part of commuting in the following decades, and the inner city was transformed to accomodate them.
Many districts and landmarks in Sani Bursil have become well known, and the city received a record 201 million tourists in 2016. Several sources have ranked Sani Bursil the most photographed city in Urth.
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