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Zaragoza (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 41 38 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 41.6333 decimal degrees |
| Long: 000 53 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -0.8833 decimal degrees |
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Note: Situated on S bank of Ebro river; one of earliest Spanish towns to be Christianized; fell to Germanic Suebi tribe, then to Visigoths 5th cen.; captured by Moors around 714; taken by Almoravids 1110; captured by King Alfonso I of Aragon 1118. |
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| Zaragoza (preferred,C,V)
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| Saragossa (C,O)
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| Caesarea Augusta (NA,V)
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| Saragosse (NA,V)
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| Zargoza (NA,V)
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| Caesaraugusta (H,V)
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............ | colony under Emperor Augustus late 1st cen. BC |
| Caesar Augusta (H,V)
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............ | ancient |
| Salduba (H,V)
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............ | Celtiberian |
| Sarakusta (H,V)
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| Saraqusṭah (H,V)
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............ | Arabic |
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Aragon (autonomous community) (P) |
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Zaragoza (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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was an ancient center |
| city (C) |
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| provincial capital (C) |
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| archiepiscopal see (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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| trade center (C) |
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| transportation center (C) |
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| capital (H) |
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of Aragón, 12th-15th cen. |
| regional capital (C) |
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