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Fife (unitary authority) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 56 20 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 56.3333 decimal degrees |
| Long: 003 00 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -3.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Consists of former county of Fife; area comprises lowlands and fluvioglacial deposits with coalfields to the south; although remote during Middle Ages, contained many royal burghs and important centers during the 16th century; industries include mining and fishing. |
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| Fife (preferred,C,V,O,English-P,U)
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| FIF (C,V)
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| Fifeshire (NA,V,English,U)
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| Fife Conty (NA,V,English,U)
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| Fife Region (NA,V,English,U)
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| UKV1 (NA,V,FIPS)
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| פייף (C,U,Hebrew )
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Fife (unitary authority) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| unitary authority (preferred, C) |
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since 1996 |
| second level subdivision (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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| agricultural land (C) |
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| region (administrative division) (H) |
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established in 1975 |
| first level subdivision (C) |
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| inhabited place (C) |
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