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ID: 7002473
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Record Type: administrative |
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Istanbul (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 41 02 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 41.0333 decimal degrees |
| Long: 028 57 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 28.9500 decimal degrees |
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Note: Held by Persian Empire 512 BCE; Roman Republic free city; seat of Constantine I's empire from 330; declared a Christian city by Constantine; attacked by Persians, Arabs, Bulgars and Russians during the 6th-13th centuries; taken by Fourth Crusade army in 1203; taken by Ottomans. |
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| İstanbul (preferred,C,V)
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............ | renamed officially in 1930 |
| Istanbul (C,V,English-P,U,N)
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| Estambul (C,O)
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| Tsarigrad (H,O)
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| Tsargrad (H,O)
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| Constantinople (H,O)
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............ | ancient |
| Konstantinopel (H,O)
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| Costantinopoli (H,O)
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| Constantinopolis (H,V)
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| New Rome (H,O)
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............ | capital of Constantine I from AD 324 |
| Byzantium (H,V)
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| Mikligard (H,O)
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............ | Norse |
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Istanbul (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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settled in prehistoric times, later established as a Greek colony in late 8th cen. BC |
| city (C) |
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| provincial capital (C) |
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| port (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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| financial center (C) |
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| educational center (C) |
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| transportation center (C) |
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| tourist center (C) |
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| religious center (C) |
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| national capital (H) |
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of Ottoman Empire, 1453; of Turkish Republic until it was transferred to Ankara, 1923 |
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