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Blagoveshchensk (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 50 19 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 50.3167 decimal degrees |
| Long: 127 30 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 127.5000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located at confluence of Amur & Zeja rivers; was major center of Soviet Far East; scene of Russo-Japanese conflict 1937; base for Russian attacks on Manchuria during WW II; industries include food-processing, electrical equipment & gold-mining machinery. |
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| Blagoveshchensk (preferred,C,V,O,Russian-P)
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| Blagoveščensk (C,V)
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| Blagovyeshchensk (C,U)
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| Blagowjeschtschensk (C,U)
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| Hailanpao (C,U,Chinese-P)
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| Благовещенск (C,U,Russian)
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| 海兰泡 (C,U,Chinese)
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| Ust Zeisk (H,V)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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founded as a fort in 1856 |
| city (C) |
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| regional capital (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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| manufacturing center (C) |
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| timber center (C) |
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