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Stoke-on-Trent (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 53 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 53.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 002 11 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -2.1833 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located in The Potteries district, one of nation's chief ceramic-producing areas; home of famous potters Josiah Wedgewood & Josiah Spode in 18th cen.; supports rubber, iron ore & steel industries; birth & burial place of writer Arnold Bennet. |
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| Stoke-on-Trent (preferred,C,V,English,U)
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| Stoke on Trent (C,V)
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| Stoke-upon-Trent (C,V,English,U)
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| Stoke (NA,V,English,U)
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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| city (C) |
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| manufacturing center (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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| mining center (C) |
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| administrative center (C) |
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administrative headquarters of the unitary authority since 1997 |
| regional capital (C) |
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