What is the importance of the town of Kirki in the novel, Zahrah the Windseeker?

Kirki is Zahrah’s hometown within the northern part of the Ooni Kingdom. It is a relatively new town compared to other cities in the world as its origins can only be traced back 400 years. The people of Kirki have an extreme obsession with looking civilized which is another way of calling someone stylish. This means that the town is filled with mirrors while the people carry their own. There are also numerous tall plants that have been repurposed for human use, such as the library made of a glassva seed or flower towers that act as netevision transmitters for the entire kingdom. However, despite living on the border of the Greeny Jungle, the people of Kirki are terrified of it and refuse to learn more.