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Antsirana (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 12 16 00 S degrees minutes |
Lat: -12.2667 decimal degrees |
| Long: 049 17 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 49.2833 decimal degrees |
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Note: Documented by Portuguese explorer Diégo Dias in 1500; was named after Diégo Suares, who visited here in 1543; occupied by France in 1841; site of a French naval base after 1901; port occupied by British troops in 1942 during World War II. |
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| Antsirana (preferred,C,V)
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| Antsiranana (C,V)
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| Antsirane (C,V)
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| Antseranana (C,V)
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| Ampanolahamirafy (C,V)
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| Diégo-Suarez (H,V)
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| Diego-Suarez (H,V)
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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European settlement in 16th cen. |
| town (C) |
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| provincial capital (C) |
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| harbor (C) |
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