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Ksar El Kebir (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 35 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 35.0004 decimal degrees |
| Long: 005 54 10 W degrees minutes |
Long: -5.9038 decimal degrees |
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Note: A Greek and Carthaginian colony; occupied by Romans and Byzantines; has one of oldest Mosques of westerb Morocco; site of Portuguese defeat 1578; the city was plagued by war and destroyed during civil wars in 19th century, rebuilt after Spanish occupation of 1912. |
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| Ksar El Kebir (preferred,C,V)
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| Ksar-El-Kebir (C,V)
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| Al-Ksar-al-Kabir (C,V)
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| Al-Qa?r Al-Kab?r (C,V)
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| Al-Qsar al-Kbir (C,V)
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| El Ksar El Kbir (C,V)
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| El Ksar El Kebir (C,V)
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| Ksar el-Kebir (C,V)
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| Alcazarquivir (H,V)
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| Alcazarquebir (C,V)
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| Alcazar (H,V)
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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settled since ancient times |
| city (C) |
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incorporated into Morocco 1956 |
| market center (C) |
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| town (C) |
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founded by Arabs, 8th century |
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