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Adrar (province) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 25 45 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 25.7500 decimal degrees |
Long: 001 00 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -1.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Of strategic importance on trade route between North and West Africa during the Middle Ages; was almost completely covered by sand-dune plains; dates, cereals, vegetables, figs, and almonds are cultivated in oases; architecture characterized by sawtooth crenelation. |
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Adrar (preferred,C,V,English)
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Adrar, Wilaya de l' (C,V)
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Wilaya de l'Adrar (C,V)
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Adrar department (C,O)
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Région de l’ Adrar (C,V)
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Septième Région (C,V)
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Wilāyat Ādrār (C,V)
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Wilaya d’Adrar (C,U,O)
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AG34 (C,U,FIPS)
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ولاية أدرار (C,U,Arabic-P)
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أدرار (C,U,Arabic)
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Adrar Province (C,U,English)
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Adrar (province) (P) |
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province (preferred, C) |
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first level subdivision (C) |
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department (C) |
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