Dahri Sqaure

Dahiri Sqaure is located in Panau City in the Residential District and is names after the founder of the Panaun Revolution Dahiri Panay. It is the city's largest sqaure and is just of a main road, and contains a statue of president Pandak Panay, which was erected after he took power in 2002. The sqaure is the venue of the annaul Panau Millitary Day Prade, and was the centre of the Janaury 2010 anti-government protests that was met with a brutal government crackdown. Later that year Panay ordered the sqaure to be shut off to the public in order to prevent such mass gatherings. It is considerd to be the most important political site in Panau because of its role in bringing down many rulers including the Dutch and British.

History
It was established during the contruction of Panau City by Dutch settlers under the name 'De Rode Sqaure' in the early 16th centuary, and was originaly used as a market selling everyday items. By the mid 16th centuary, during the peroid of British control it was renamed as 'Empire Sqaure' where missionaries and troops often held gatherings and parades to show off their costomes to the natives. However, in the early years of the indepence wars led by Dahiri Panay, mass demonstrations took place demanding and end to British rule, and it is where the 'The 1946 New London Massacare' took place when British troops openend fire at unarmed revolutionaries. When Dahiri Panay declared Panaun independece in 1957 thousands of Panauns took to the sqaure in celebration, and was renamed to 'Dahrir Sqaure'