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Silistra (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 44 06 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 44.1000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 027 17 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 27.2833 decimal degrees |
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Note: The town of Silistra is located on the Danube River at the Romanian border in northeastern Bulgaria. It was founded as Roman camp in the second century CE and became a major center of Moesia. Under the Bulgarian czar Simeon, the town repulsed the Magyars and the Greeks in 893. It became a major Turkish trade center and fortress in the 15th century until becoming part of Bulgaria in 1878. It was taken by Romania in the Second Balkan War in 1913, and finally was ceded to Bulgaria in 1940. Today its principal industries include the manufacture of building materials, packaging materials, and textiles. Its 2003 estimated population was 41,900. |
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| Silistra (preferred,C,V,Bulgarian,U,N)
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| Silistria (C,O)
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| Drster (H,V)
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| Drstr (H,V)
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| Drustur (H,V)
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| Dristra (H,V)
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............ | medieval |
| Dorostol (H,V)
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............ | medieval name |
| Dorostolon (H,V)
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............ | Byzantine |
| Durostorum (H,V)
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............ | Roman name |
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Silistra (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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founded in 29 BC |
| town (C) |
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| provincial capital (C) |
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| port (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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| transportation center (C) |
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| agricultural center (C) |
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