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Newfoundland and Labrador (province) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 52 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 52.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 056 00 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -56.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: The province comprises the mainland section of Labrador and Newfoundland island. It is Canada's seventh largest province, inhabited at least since 7000 BCE. Labrador was seen by Viking explorers in the 10th century. The waters were fished by Basque, Portuguese, Spanish, French, and English, from the 16th century. |
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| Newfoundland and Labrador (preferred,C,V,English-P,U,N)
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| Newfoundland and Labrador, Province of (C,V)
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| Province of Newfoundland and Labrador (C,V,O,English)
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| Newfoundland, Province of (C,V)
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| Province of Newfoundland (C,V)
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| Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador, Province de (C,V,French-P,U,N)
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| Province de Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador (C,V,French)
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| Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador (C,V,French)
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| Terre-Neuve, Province de (C,V)
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| Province de Terre-Neuve (C,V)
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| Newfoundland (C,V)
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| Terre-Neuve (C,V)
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| Neufundland (C,O)
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| Terranova (C,O)
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| Terra Nova (C,O)
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| CA05 (C,U,FIPS)
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| Newfoundland & Labrador (C,U,English)
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| New Foundland - Labrador (C,U,Spanish)
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| Newfoundland och Labrador (C,U,Swedish)
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| Talamh an Éisc agus Labradar (C,U,Irish Gaelic)
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| Terra Nova e Labrador (C,U,Portuguese)
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| 뉴펀들랜드 래보라도 (C,U,Korean)
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| 뉴펀들랜드 (C,U,Korean)
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| Vinland (H,O)
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| province (preferred, B) |
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joined Confederation 1949 |
| first level subdivision (C) |
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| Talamh an Éisc agus Labradar.......... |
[VP] |
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GeoNames online [n.d.] 6354959 |
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