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Reunion (dependent state) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 21 06 00 S degrees minutes |
Lat: -21.1000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 055 36 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 55.6000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Comprises Réunion island and several small islands in an administrative region of France; island was sighted by Portuguese in 1513; claimed by France in 1638; colonized 1660s as post for French East India Company; occupied by British early 19th century. |
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| Réunion (preferred,C,V)
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| Département de la Réunion (C,V)
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| Department of Réunion (C,O)
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| Department of Reunion (C,O)
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| Reunion (C,O,English-P,U,N)
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| Reunión (C,O)
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| Reunião (C,O)
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| REU (C,O,ISO3L)
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| RE (C,O,ISO2L)
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| ISO638 (C,O,ISO3N)
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| RE00 (C,O,FIPS)
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| Reunionese (C,V,English,U,A)
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Reunion (dependent state) (P) |
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| dependent state (preferred, C) |
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French since 17th cen., administered independently of Madagascar since 1960 |
| primary political unit (C) |
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| overseas department (C) |
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status established 1946; boundaries expanded 1973 |
| controlled region (B) |
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French, 1638-1810, & currently; British, July 1810-April 1815 |
| penal settlement (H) |
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French, established 1638 |
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Related geographic places: |
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| capital is .... |
Saint-Denis .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, Africa, Reunion, Réunion island) [1092341] |
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