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Alicante (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 38 21 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 38.3500 decimal degrees |
| Long: 000 29 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -0.4833 decimal degrees |
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Note: Taken by Romans in 201 BCE; besieged by French 1709 and by Federalists of Cartagena 1873; controlled by Republicans during Spanish Civil War 1936-1939; Madrid's commerical port; products include wine, raisins, vegetables, bricks, cigarettes & esparto grass. |
Names: |
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| Alicante (preferred,C,V)
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| Alacant (C,V)
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| Akra-Leuka (H,V)
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............ | original; means "white summit" |
| al-Akant (H,V)
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............ | under rule of Moors 718-1249 |
| Alicantium (H,O)
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| Lucentum (H,V)
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............ | Roman |
| Castrum Album (H,V)
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............ | 330 BCE-640 CE |
| Ἄκρα Λευκὴ (H,V,Greek,U)
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............ | 330 BCE - CE 640 |
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Alicante (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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founded by Phocaean Greeks 325 BC |
| city (C) |
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| provincial capital (C) |
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| port (C) |
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| tourist center (C) |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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| Castrum Album.......... |
[VP] |
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Pleiades (2006-) accessed 27 July 2016 |
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