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Melilla (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 35 19 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 35.3167 decimal degrees |
| Long: 002 57 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -2.9500 decimal degrees |
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Note: Spanish commercial city in North Africa; located on E side of Cap des Trois Fourches; colonized by Phoenicians, Greeks & Romans; Berber town fell to Spain in 1497; has been under siege many times; hinterland was secured in 1909; site of Riffian revolt in 1921; site of army chiefs' revolt leading to Spanish Civil War in 1936. |
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| Melilla (preferred,C,V)
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| Ciudad de Melilla (NA,V)
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| Millela (NA,V)
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| M'lila (NA,V)
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| Rusadir (NA,V)
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| Russadir (NA,V)
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| Rusaddir (H,V)
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Melilla (autonomous city) (P) |
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Melilla (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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colonized in ancient times |
| city (C) |
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| commercial center (C) |
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| presidio (H) |
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