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ID: 7008101
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Record Type: administrative |
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Berkshire (general region) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 51 31 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 51.5167 decimal degrees |
| Long: 001 20 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -1.3333 decimal degrees |
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Note: Inhabited by Iron Age peoples, Romans and Saxons; crossed by Roman roads and many railways, due to strategic location on Thames river and proximity to London; cities developed during Industrial Revolution; area is known for its breed of black and white pig; Berkshire County Council abolished in 1998 although Berkshire is sometimes still referred to as a county; broken into six unitary authorities: Bracknell Forest, West Berkshire, Reading, Slough, Windsor and Maidenhead, and Wokingham. |
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| Berkshire (preferred,C,V,English,U)
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| Berks (C,V,English,U)
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| BRK (C,V)
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| UK00 (NA,V,FIPS,English,U)
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| general region (preferred, C) |
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| agricultural land (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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| transportation center (C) |
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| second level subdivision (H) |
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| county (H) |
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| first level subdivision (C) |
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