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Erzurum (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 39 54 31 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 39.9086 decimal degrees |
| Long: 041 16 37 E degrees minutes |
Long: 41.2769 decimal degrees |
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Note: Captured by Seljuq Turks 1071; flourished under Seljuq sultans early 1200s; controlled by Ottomans 1515; occupied by troops from Russia 1829, 1878 & 1916-1918; site of first Turkish nationalist congress July 1919, which preceded the Turkish Republic. |
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| Erzurum (preferred,C,V,Turkish,U)
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| Erzerum (C,V)
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| Ard-ar-Rum (C,V)
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| Arzan-ar-Rum (C,V)
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| Carana (C,V)
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| Erserum (C,V)
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| Erzéroum (C,V)
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| Erzirum (C,V)
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| Kalikala (C,V)
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| Karin (C,V)
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| Arzan ar-Rūm (H,V)
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| Arz ar-Rūm (H,V)
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| Theodosiopolis (H,V)
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............ | 5th cen. Byzantine fortress taken by Arabs 653 |
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Erzurum (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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an important military & commercial center since Antiquity, due to its position on the caravan route from Asia Minor to Persia |
| city (C) |
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| provincial capital (C) |
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| educational center (C) |
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Atatürk University established 1957 |
| trade center (C) |
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| agricultural center (C) |
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| regional capital (C) |
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