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Almería (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 36 50 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 36.8333 decimal degrees |
| Long: 002 27 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -2.4500 decimal degrees |
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Note: Almeria, capital and port city of the autonomous community of Andalucía is located in southern Spain. It was conquered by the Catholic monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella of Castile in 1489. Today it is an industrial center that produces metal, canned fish, chemicals, refined oil, sulfur and cement. Almeria architecture has a more Moroccan than European appearance. |
Names: |
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| Almería (preferred,C,V)
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| Unci (NA,V)
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| al-Marīyah (H,V)
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............ | Moorish, meaning "Mirror of the Sea" |
| Al Mariyat (H,V)
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| Portus Magnus (H,V)
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............ | Roman |
| Portos Magnos (H,V)
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| Urci (H,V)
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............ | Roman |
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Almería (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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was a Roman center |
| city (C) |
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| provincial capital (C) |
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| port (C) |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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| Portos Magnos.......... |
[VP] |
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Pleiades (2006-) accessed 3 February 2020 |
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