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Szeged (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 46 15 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 46.2500 decimal degrees |
| Long: 020 10 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 20.1660 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located on Tisza river; was important miltary and trade center for Magyar tribal Árpád kings (10th-15th century); site of first national Magyar assembly; sacked by Tatars (13th century), then Turks, who ruled 1542-1686; destroyed by flood in 1879 and rebuilt. |
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| Szeged (preferred,C,V,English-P)
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| Szegedin (C,V)
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| Algyő (C,V)
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| Gyála (C,V)
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| Gyálarét (C,V)
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| Kiskundorozsma (C,V)
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| Segedin (C,V)
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| Seghedin (C,V)
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| Szőreg (C,V)
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| Tápé (C,V)
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| סאגד (C,U,Hebrew )
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Szeged (urban county) (P) |
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Szeged (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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fortified by 9th century |
| city (C) |
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| county seat (C) |
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| port (C) |
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| cultural center (C) |
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