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Catania (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 37 30 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 37.5000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 015 06 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 15.1000 decimal degrees |
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Elevation: |
| 22.965 feet |
7.0000 meters |
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Note: Located at foot of Mount Etna; founded by Greeks in 8th cen. BCE; Athenian base of operations against Syracuse 432 BC; taken by Romans in First Punic War 263 BCE, by Saracens 902 CE & Normans ca. 1090; was often damaged by earthquakes & volcanic eruptions. |
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| Catania (preferred,C,V)
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| Catana (H,V)
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| Catăna (H,V)
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| Catĭna (H,V)
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| Catane (H,V)
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| Catina (H,V)
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| Katáne (H,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Katana (H,V)
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| Κατάνη (H,V,Greek,U)
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| Katane (H,V)
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Sicily (region (administrative division)) (P,C) part of unified Italy from 1861 |
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Catania (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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founded by Greeks in 729 BCE |
| city (C) |
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| provincial capital (C) |
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| seaport (C) |
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| manufacturing center (C) |
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produces chemicals, sulphur, cement, textiles & leather |
| fishing community (C) |
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| episcopal see (C) |
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| university center (C) |
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founded in 1434 |
| archaeological site (C) |
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| battlefield (H) |
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site of French victory over Spanish & Dutch fleet in 1676; was German defense point in WW II in 1943 |
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