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ID: 7005685
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Record Type: administrative |
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Canada (nation) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 60 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 60.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 096 00 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -96.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Inhabited by ancestors of Amerindians and Inuit in Upper Palaeolithic or earlier; evolved diverse cultures over vast area; Norse settlements by 1000 CE; English, French, Spanish, and Portuguese claimed territory from the 16th century; under British control from 1759; official languages are English and French. |
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| Canada (preferred,C,V,English-P,U,N)
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............ | derived from Amerindian word for "settlement" |
| Canada (French-P,U,N)
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| Kanada (C,O,German-P,U,N)
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| Canadá (C,O,Spanish-P,U,N)
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| CAN (C,O,ISO3L)
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| CA (C,O,ISO2L)
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| ISO124 (C,O,ISO3N)
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| CA00 (C,O,FIPS)
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| Dominion of Canada (H,V)
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............ | after 1867 |
| Canada, Dominion of (H,V)
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| British North America (H,V)
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............ | before 1867 |
| Canadian (C,O,English,U,A)
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| nation (preferred, C) |
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confederation established in 1867; gained control of its constitution from Britain in 1982 |
| primary political unit (C) |
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| independent sovereign nation (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| member of .... |
Commonwealth of Nations .......... (association) |
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(World) [7005615] |
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joined association in 1931 |
| member of .... |
North Atlantic Treaty Organization .......... (organization) |
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(World) [7029610] |
| member of .... |
United Nations .......... (organization) |
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(World) [7029605] |
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joined organization in 1945 |
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