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Albany (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 42 39 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 42.6500 decimal degrees |
| Long: 073 45 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -73.7500 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located on Hudson River; second oldest permanent European settlement in Colonies; established as fur-trading center and meeting place for Europeans and Amerindians; colonized by Dutch West India Company in 17th cen.; expanded after arrival of Erie Canal in 1825. |
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| Albany (preferred,C,V,English-P)
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............ | renamed by English when they took control of New Netherland colony in 1664 |
| אלבני (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Beverwyck (H,V)
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............ | name of original European settlement on the site, founded when nearby Fort Nassau was flooded in 1617 |
| Fort Orange (H,V)
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Albany (county) (P) |
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Albany (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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first reached by H Hudson in 1609; was Dutch trading post by 1614; chartered in 1686 |
| city (C) |
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| state capital (C) |
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since 1797 |
| county seat (C) |
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| port (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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produces chemicals, steel, paper & pharmaceuticals |
| commercial center (C) |
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| university center (C) |
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| trade center (H) |
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established in early 17th cen. |
| political center (H) |
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noted as site of Albany Congress between 7 Colonies & Iroquois Indians in 1754 |
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New York .......... (state) |
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(World, North and Central America, United States) [7007568] |
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