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ID: 7008701
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Record Type: administrative |
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Tyrone (former administrative division) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 54 35 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 54.5833 decimal degrees |
| Long: 007 00 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -7.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Historic and traditional county of western Northern Ireland; area has been divided into four administrative districts since 1973; predominantly hilly descending in the east to Lough Neagh; Sperrin Mountains in the north; primarily agricultural with cattle and sheep farming and crops of barley, potatoes, flax, and turnips; small-scale manufacturing is also carried out here. |
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| Tyrone (preferred,C,V)
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| County Tyrone (C,V)
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| Co Tyrone (C,V)
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| Tir Eoghain (C,V)
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| Tyròne, County (NA,V,English,U)
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| County of Tyrone (NA,V,English,U)
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| County Tyròne (NA,V,English,U)
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| Tír Eoghain (NA,V,English,U)
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| Tyròne (NA,V,English,U)
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| Tyrone, County of (NA,V,English,U)
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Tyrone (former administrative division) (P) |
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| former administrative division (preferred, C) |
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until 1973 |
| county (H) |
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| general region (C) |
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