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Essaouira (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 31 30 38 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 31.5100 decimal degrees |
| Long: 009 45 40 W degrees minutes |
Long: -9.7610 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located on Atlantic Ocean; settlement here is very ancient; was occupied by Phoenicians and Carthaginians; declined in ancient times, but was rebuilt in 1765; bombarded by French in 1844 to stop Moroccan support for Algerian resistance. The medina of Essaouira was designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2001. |
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| Essaouira (preferred,C,V,English-P)
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| As Suwayrah (C,V)
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| Es Suira (C,V)
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| אסאוריה (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Magador (H,V)
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| Mogadar (H,V)
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| Mogador (H,V)
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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inhabited in Stone Age |
| town (C) |
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| provincial capital (C) |
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| seaport (C) |
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| fishing community (C) |
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| manufacturing center (C) |
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