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ID: 7012110
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Record Type: administrative |
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Londonderry (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 55 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 55.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 007 20 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -7.3333 decimal degrees |
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Note: Town grew around abbey founded 6th cen. by St. Columba; abbey burned by Danes 812; sacked by English several times in 17th cen.; naval base during WW I & II; grew with textile industry 19th cen.; site of bombings between Catholics & Protestants. |
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| Londonderry (preferred,C,V,English,U)
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| Derry (C,V,English,U)
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| Doire (C,V,English,U)
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| Dhoire (NA,V,English,U)
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| Doire Choluim Chille (NA,V,English,U)
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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inhabited since prehistoric times |
| town (C) |
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| port (C) |
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| manufacturing center (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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| regional capital (C) |
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