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Monastir (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 35 46 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 35.7667 decimal degrees |
| Long: 010 49 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 10.8167 decimal degrees |
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Note: Was early fortified center; now is an industrial center that produces salt, soap, olive oil, and textiles; is a tuna-fishing center; famous for a ribat (founded 180) and mosque (1968) dedicated to the country's first president, Habib Bourguiba. |
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| Monastir (preferred,C,V)
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............ | name refers to 2nd-cen. ribat (monastery-fortress) on the site |
| al-Munastīr (C,V)
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| المنستير (C,V,Arabic,U)
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| El Menstir (C,V)
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| Hadrumetum (C,V)
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Monastir (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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was an early center; Phoenician Ruspinum is 3 miles W of this site |
| town (C) |
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| regional capital (C) |
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| port (C) |
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| resort (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| near/adjacent to .... |
Ruspinum .......... (deserted settlement) |
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(World, Africa, Tūnis, Monastir) [7018168] |
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