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Bender (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 46 49 48 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 46.8306 decimal degrees |
| Long: 029 28 15 E degrees minutes |
Long: 29.4711 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located on Dnestr river near its junction with Byk river; successively ruled by Kiev, Moldavia, Genoa, and Turkey; passed to Russia after frequent assaults in 1818; part of Romania between WW I and WW II; products include textiles, cables, and foodstuffs. |
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| Bender (preferred,C,V)
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| Bendery (C,V)
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| Tighina (C,V)
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| Tigina (C,V)
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............ | original ancient settlement |
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Bender (inhabited place) (P) |
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