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Pensacola (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 30 25 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 30.4167 decimal degrees |
| Long: 087 13 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -87.2167 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located in NW Florida on Pensacola Bay; city has known 5 flags; besieged in 1st half of 18th cen. by British, Spanish & French; in 1818 General Andrew Jackson claimed Spanish influenced Amerindian raids & captured city; Confederate during Civil War. |
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| Pensacola (preferred,C,V)
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| Fort San Marcos (H,V)
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| Pansacolas (C,V)
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| Panzacola (C,V)
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| Pencocolos (C,V)
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| Pensacolas (C,V)
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| Pensicola (C,V)
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Pensacola (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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settled by Spanish in 1559 & deserted in 1661, Spaniards returned in 1698 erecting Fort San Carlos |
| city (C) |
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| port (C) |
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since settled by Spanish |
| industrial center (C) |
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for chemicals, nuclear-reactor parts, & boats |
| manufacturing center (C) |
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for cottonseed oil, nylon, lumber products & synthetic fibres |
| mill center (C) |
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for lumber |
| fish-processing center (C) |
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| educational center (C) |
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houses Pensacola Junior College, University of W Florida & a USA Navy flight training school |
| cultural center (C) |
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includes Fiesta of 5 flags in June |
| tourist center (C) |
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includes ruins of Fort San Marcos |
| capital (H) |
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of British W Florida province in ca. 1763 |
| fur station (H) |
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