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Trapani (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 38 01 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 38.0167 decimal degrees |
| Long: 012 29 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 12.4833 decimal degrees |
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Elevation: |
| 9.842 feet |
3.0000 meters |
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Note: Founded by Carthaginians; was important naval base during First Punic War (mid-3rd cen. BCE); later ceded to Rome; conquered by Vandals 440 CE, Saracens in 1077, & later by the Normans who made it part of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. |
Names: |
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| Trapani (preferred,C,V)
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| Tràpani (C,V,Sicilian,U)
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| Drepanum (H,V,Latin,U,N)
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| Drepanon (H,V,Greek,U)
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| Δρέπανον (C,V,Greek,U)
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Sicily (region (administrative division)) (P,C) part of unified Italy from 1861 |
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Trapani (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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founded by Carthaginians |
| town (C) |
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| provincial capital (C) |
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