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Sfax (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 34 45 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 34.7500 decimal degrees |
| Long: 010 43 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 10.7167 decimal degrees |
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Note: Briefly held in the 12th century by Normans from Sicily; taken by Spanish in the 16th century; bombarded by French prior to their invasion of the country in 1881; suffered heavy damage in World War II by Allied bombing between 1942-1943; market for phosphates. |
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| Sfax (preferred,C,V,English-P)
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| Safāqis (C,V)
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| Ṣafāqis (C,V)
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| Safaqis (C,V)
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| ספאקס (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Taparura (H,V)
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............ | ancient |
| Thenae (H,V)
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Sfax (governorate) (P) |
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Sfax (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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modern city built after 1895 |
| city (C) |
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| regional capital (C) |
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| port (C) |
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| transportation center (C) |
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