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Tekirdağ (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 40 58 41 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 40.9780 decimal degrees |
| Long: 027 30 31 E degrees minutes |
Long: 27.5085 decimal degrees |
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Note: Situated on Sea of Marmara; important city of Thracian kingdom 1st cen. BC; captured by Ottoman Turks 14th cen.; under occupation of Russia 1877-1878, Bulgaria 1912 & Greece 1920-1922; site of 16th-cen. Rüstem Paşa Cami mosque & Bedesta bazaar. |
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| Tekirdağ (preferred,C,V,Turkish,U)
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| Tekfur Dagh (C,V)
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| Tektur Dagh (C,V)
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| Bisanthe (H,V)
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............ | Greek settlement, 7th cen. BC |
| Raidestos (H,V)
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| Rhaedestus (H,V)
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............ | renamed as capital of Thrace, 1st cen. BC |
| Rodosto (H,O)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Tekirdağ (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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founded by Greeks from Samos, 7th cen. BC |
| city (C) |
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| provincial capital (C) |
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| market center (C) |
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| regional capital (C) |
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