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Cherchell (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 36 36 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 36.6000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 002 11 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 2.1833 decimal degrees |
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Note: Originally established as Iol, a Carthaginian trading post; came under Roman rule during the 1st century BCE; famous center of Hellenistic culture; in early 5th century taken by Vandals, who lost it to Byzantine general Belisarius in 534; occupied by French 1832. |
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| Cherchell (preferred,C,V)
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| Cherchel (C,V)
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| Shershell (C,V)
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| Sharshal (C,O)
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| Iol (H,V)
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............ | ancient |
| Iol-Caesarea (H,V)
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| Caesarea (H,V)
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............ | renamed 25 BC |
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Blida (province) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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settled after 841 BC |
| town (C) |
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| port (B) |
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| capital (H) |
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of Mauretania Caesarea, 25 BC |
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Related geographic places: |
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| capital of .... |
Mauretania Caesariensis .......... (province) |
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(World, Roman Republic and Empire) [7030335] |
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