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Ammóchostos (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 35 07 14 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 35.1205 decimal degrees |
| Long: 033 56 20 E degrees minutes |
Long: 33.9389 decimal degrees |
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Note: Seaport town on Famagusta Bay; was important center during Crusades; population exploded with refugees after fall of Acre; capital of Venetian rulers; went to Turks 1571; site of British internment of Jews trying to illegally enter Palestine post-WW II. |
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| Ammóchostos (preferred,C,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Famagusta (C,V)
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| Gazimağusa (C,V,Turkish,U)
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| Gazimagosa (C,V)
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| Ammókhostos (C,V)
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| Magusa (C,V)
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| Magusta (C,V)
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| Famagouste (C,O)
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| Ammochostus (C,V)
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| Ammokhostos (C,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Gazi Magosa (C,V)
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| Magosa (C,V)
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| Mağusa (C,V,Turkish,U)
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| Αμμόχωστος (C,V,Greek,U)
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| Arsinoë (H,V)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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| town (C) |
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| district capital (C) |
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| seaport (C) |
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| manufacturing center (C) |
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produces footwear |
| regional capital (C) |
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