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Politikó (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 35 01 39 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 35.0274 decimal degrees |
Long: 033 14 36 E degrees minutes |
Long: 33.2433 decimal degrees |
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Note: Town was famous for its copper mines from ca. 2500 BCE; mines were abandoned ca. 100 CE; was earliest center of Christianity in Cyprus. |
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Politikó (preferred,C,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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Politiko (C,V)
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Πολιτικό (C,V,Greek,U)
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Πολιτικόν (C,V,Greek,U)
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Politikio (C,V)
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Polıtıko (C,V,Turkish,U)
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Politikón (C,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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Tamassos (H,V)
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Tamassus (H,V)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Lefkosía (national district) (P) |
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Politikó (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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village (C) |
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archaeological site (C) |
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colony (H) |
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Phoenician, ca. 800 BCE |
religious center (H) |
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mining center (H) |
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