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Alexandroúpolis (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 40 50 51 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 40.8475 decimal degrees |
| Long: 025 52 28 E degrees minutes |
Long: 25.8744 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located on Gulf of Ainos in Thrace; historically was of great strategic importance; in modern times, was strongly contested by Balkan states, passing from Turks to Bulgaria to Greece 1912-1919. |
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| Alexandroúpolis (preferred,C,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Dedeagach (C,O)
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............ | Turkish name |
| Alexandhroúpolis (NA,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Alexandroúpoli (NA,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Dedéagach (NA,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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Évros (regional division) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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| city (C) |
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| port (C) |
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| regional capital (C) |
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