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Tîrgu Mureș (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 46 33 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 46.5500 decimal degrees |
| Long: 024 34 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 24.5667 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located in the valley of the Mureș river; first mentioned as a market town for cattle & crops in the 14th cen., it had 30 guilds by 15th cen.; noted as site where Francis II Rakoczy was proclaimed prince of Hungary in 1704; ceded to Romania in 1918. |
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| Tîrgu Mureș (preferred,C,V)
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| Tîrgu-Mureș (C,V)
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| Târgu Mureș (C,V)
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| Marosvásárhely (C,O)
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| Maros Vásárhely (C,O)
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| Maros Vasarhelg (C,O)
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| Neumarkt (C,O)
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| Osorhei (H,O)
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| Odorhei (H,O)
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| Agropolis (H,O)
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............ | name used by Greek traders |
| Maroshelyinum (H,O)
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| Novomarchia (H,O)
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| Vasarhelyinum (H,O)
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Mureş (county) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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first documented in 14th cen., when it was already a thriving community |
| city (C) |
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| county seat (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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