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Corsica (region (administrative division)) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 42 08 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 42.1330 decimal degrees |
| Long: 009 05 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 9.0830 decimal degrees |
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Note: Region is largely coextensive with the island of the same name. Area is designated as a territorial collectivity (collectivité territoriale) by law, allowing it greater powers than other French administrative regions. However, Corse is referred to as a region in common speech and is almost always listed among them. |
Names: |
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| Corse (preferred,C,V,O,French-P)
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| Corsica (C,V,display,English-P)
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| Corsica (Italian)
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| Corsica (Corsican)
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| Corse, Collectivité Territoriale de (C,V,French,U)
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| Collectivité Territoriale de Corse (C,V,French,U)
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| Corsica, Territorial Collectivity of (C,O,English,U)
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| Territorial Collectivity of Corsica (C,O,English)
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| Corsican (C,O)
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| FRA5 (C,V,FIPS,French,U)
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| Collectivity of Corsica (C,V,English)
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| Collectivité de Corse (C,U,French)
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| Còrsega (C,U,Catalan)
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| Corsica Region (C,U,English)
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| Korsika (C,U,German)
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| Korsika (Swedish)
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| Korsika (Norwegian)
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| Région Corse (C,U,French)
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| قرشقة (C,U,Arabic)
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| كُورَسِيكَا (C,U,Arabic)
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| قـُرْشِقَة (C,U,Arabic)
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| كورسكا (C,U,Arabic)
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| كُورَسِكَا (C,U,Arabic)
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| قَرْسَقَة (C,U,Arabic)
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| كورسيكا (C,U,Arabic)
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| قرسقة (C,U,Arabic)
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| 코르시카 (C,U,Korean)
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Corsica (region (administrative division)) (P) |
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Additional Parents: |
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Corsica (region (administrative division)) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| region (administrative division) (preferred, C) |
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sold by Genoa to France in 1768 |
| first level subdivision (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| coextensive with .... |
Corsica .......... (island) |
| .............................. |
(World, Europe, France, Corsica) [7001093] |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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| Corse, Collectivité Territoriale de.......... |
[VP] |
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NGA/NIMA database (2003-) |
| Corsica, Territorial Collectivity of.......... |
[VP] |
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NGA/NIMA database (2003-) |
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