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Czestochowa (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 50 48 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 50.8000 decimal degrees |
Long: 019 07 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 19.1167 decimal degrees |
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Note: City was formed when two medieval towns merged in 1846; religious center where faithful come to Jasna Góra monastery, famous for frescoes & painting of "Our Lady of Cze̜stochowa"; industries include textile mills, chemical, glass & paper factories. |
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Cze̜stochowa (preferred,C,V)
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Chenstokhov (C,O)
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Tschenstocau (C,O)
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Czenstochau (C,O)
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Schenstochau (C,O)
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Czestochowa (C,U,English-P)
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צ'סטוחובה (C,U,Hebrew )
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Place Types: |
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inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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two 13th- & 14th-cen. towns merged in 1846 |
city (C) |
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formed from merger of towns Old Czestochowa & Jasna Góra in 1846 |
provincial capital (C) |
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since 1975 |
industrial center (C) |
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pilgrimage center (C) |
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