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Quebec (province) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 54 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 54.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 072 00 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -72.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Originally inhabited by Algonkin, Montagnais and Cree Indians; Eskimos later settled in Hudson Bay area; region declared for France by Jacques Cartier who landed at Gaspé 1534; settlement of colony of New France commenced at present Québec City 1608. |
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| Québec (preferred,C,V,O,English,U,N)
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| Québec (French)
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| Quebec (C,V,English-P,U,N)
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| Québec province (C,V,display)
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| Québec, Province du (C,V)
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| Province du Québec (C,V,French-P)
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| Quebec, Province of (C,V)
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| Province of Quebec (C,V,English)
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| Québecois (C,V,French,U,A)
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| קוויבק (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Quebeque (C,U,Portuguese)
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| CA10 (C,U,FIPS)
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