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İskenderun (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 36 37 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 36.6167 decimal degrees |
| Long: 036 08 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 36.1333 decimal degrees |
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Note: Turkey's main port on the Mediterranean Sea; developed as an outlet for overland trade from Iran, India & E Asia; became part of Ottoman Empire in 1515; today produces steel & fertilizer; is connected by air to Istanbul, Ankara & Adana. |
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| İskenderun (preferred,C,V)
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| Iskenderun (C,V)
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| Iskanderun (C,V)
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| Iskenderon (C,V)
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| Alexandrette (C,O)
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| Alexandretta (H,V)
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| Alexandria ad Issum (H,V,S)
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| Alexandria by Issus (H,O)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Hatay (province) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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founded in commemoration of Alexander the Great's victory over the Persian Darius III at Issus, 333 BC |
| city (C) |
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| port (C) |
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| military center (C) |
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| capital (H) |
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of Alexandretta, independent sancak (Ottoman provincial subdivision) under mandate of France, 1918-1937 |
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