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Rustboro City
カナズミシティ Kanazumi City
The City Probing the Integration of Nature and Science
Location info
Region	Hoenn
Connecting routes	Route 115 (North) Route 116 (East) Route 104 (South)
Gym info
Gym	Rustboro Gym
Gym Leader	Roxanne
Badge	Stone Badge
Dominant type	Rock
Location of Rustboro City in Hoenn.
Cities and Towns

Rustboro City (Japanese: カナズミシティ Kanazumi City) is a metropolis located in western Hoenn. It is one of the largest cities in the region. The city's motto is "The City Probing the Integration of Nature and Science."

Pokémon Trainers often come to Rustboro City in order to win the Stone Badge from Roxanne, the Rustboro Gym Leader who specializes in Rock-type Pokémon.

Rustboro serves as the headquarters for the Devon Corporation, a company which makes many Items for Pokémon Trainers. The company also revives Pokémon from fossils. In the south section of the town is an apartment complex for Devon employees.

A Cutter lives near the Pokémon Center. When they were expanding the city of Rustboro, the Cutter had his Pokémon use Cut to help clear the land of trees.

Also near Pokémon Center is the Pokémon Trainer's School. Their motto is "We'll Teach You Anything about Pokémon!" The teacher has a Quick Claw.

North of Rustboro City is Route 115 and a one-way route leading south from Meteor Falls, however, Surf can be used to travel back north once players have the Balance Badge.

Northwest of the city is Route 116, and Rusturf Tunnel beyond, which connects the Rustboro City area to Verdanturf Town.

South of Rustboro is Route 104, and beyond that the Petalburg Woods.

Poké Mart

Item	Price ()
Balls
Poké Ball	200
Timer Ball*	1000
Repeat Ball*	1000
Recovery items
Potion	100
Antidote	100
Parlyz Heal	200
Super Potion	700
Other items
Repel	350
X Speed	350
X Attack	500
X Defend	550
Escape Rope	550

Demographics

The population of Rustboro City is 50, making it the second biggest city in Hoenn (behind Lilycove City) and the fifth biggest in all regions.

Name origin

Rustboro comes from rust and a phonetic spelling of borough.