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Durrës (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 41 18 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 41.3000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 019 28 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 19.4667 decimal degrees |
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Note: Durrës was founded as Epidamnus by Greeks from Corcyra and Corinth in the seventh century BCE, then passed to Illyrians in 312 BCE, then to the Romans who called it Dyrrhachium. Values as a seaport, it was besieged often, by Ostrogoths in 481, Bulgars in the tenth century, Normans in 1082), Byzantines in 1185, Venice in the 13th century, followed by Sicily, Naples, Greece, Serbs, Turks, and in World Wars I and II. The port of Durrës has become a main channel for the import of foodstuffs into Albania. The city's industries include shipbuilding and the manufacture of tobacco, plastic, and leather products. The population in 1989 was estimated as about 83,300. |
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| Durrës (preferred,C,V)
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| Durazzo (C,O)
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| Drač (C,O)
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| Dyrrhachium (H,V)
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| Dyrrachium (H,V)
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............ | medieval |
| Dyrrachion (H,V)
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............ | ancient |
| Epidamnus (H,V)
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............ | original Greek name |
| Epidamnos (H,V)
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............ | ancient |
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Durrës (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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founded in 7th cen. BCE |
| city (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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| archaeological site (C) |
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| World Heritage Site (C) |
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| episcopal see (H) |
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established in 449 |
| capital (H) |
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of Roman Epirus Nova in 4th cen. CE |
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Related geographic places: |
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| located on .... |
Via Egnatia .......... (road) |
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(World) [8713927] |
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