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Az Zaqāzīq (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 30 35 16 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 30.5877 decimal degrees |
| Long: 031 30 07 E degrees minutes |
Long: 31.5020 decimal degrees |
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Note: Founded when cotton cultivation spread to E delta; is an important road & railway junction, & a major cotton & grain market; located about 2 km north of mounds marking site of 4th-dynasty city of Bubastis. |
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| Az Zaqāzīq (preferred,C,V,Arabic (transliterated),U)
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| As Zaqāzīq (C,V)
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| Zagazig (C,V)
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| Az-Zaqāzīq (C,V)
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| Az Zagāzīg (NA,V)
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| Es Zaqiziq (NA,V)
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| Ez Zaqāzīq (NA,V)
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| Zaqazîq (NA,V)
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| الزقازيق (NA,V,Arabic,U)
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Miṣr (nation) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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founded 1820s |
| city (C) |
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| regional capital (C) |
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| transportation center (C) |
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| market center (C) |
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| trade center (C) |
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