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Al Manşūrah (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 31 02 11 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 31.0364 decimal degrees |
| Long: 031 22 50 E degrees minutes |
Long: 31.3807 decimal degrees |
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Note: Originated as camp of al-Malik al-Kāmil, nephew of Saladin; scene of battle in 1250 whereby Crusaders under King Louis IX of France were defeated by Muslims; city is now a market center for cotton, rice and flax; industries include cotton ginning. |
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| Al Manşūrah (preferred,C,V,Arabic (transliterated),U)
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| El-Manṣûra (C,V)
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| El-Masûra (C,V)
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| Mansura (C,V)
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| Mansurah (C,V)
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| El-Mansura (C,V)
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| Mansûra (C,V)
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| El Mansūra (C,V)
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| Al-Manṣūrah (C,V)
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............ | since 1250, "Victory" in Arabic |
| Manoura (C,V)
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| Mansoura (C,V)
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| Mansourah (C,V)
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| المنصورة (NA,V,Arabic,U)
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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founded 1219 |
| city (C) |
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| regional capital (C) |
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| commercial center (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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| market center (C) |
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| educational center (C) |
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