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Skopje (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 42 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 42.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 021 28 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 21.4667 decimal degrees |
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Note: Developed as Illyrian tribal center; Slavic incursion 7th cen.; grew rapidly 9th-10th cen.; ruled by Serbs from 1189, by Turks 1392-1918; burned to ground 1692; revived 19th cen.; occupied by Germans & Bulgarians WW II; damaged in earthquakes 518 & 1963. |
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| Skopje (preferred,C,V)
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| Skoplje (C,V)
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| Üsküb (C,V)
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| Üsküp (C,O)
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............ | Turkish name |
| Shkup (C,O)
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............ | Albanian name |
| Scupi (H,O)
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............ | ancient |
| Justiniana Prima (H,O)
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............ | once thought to have been the site of Justiniana Prima, now identified with a city discovered near Caričin Grad (YUG) |
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Skopje (municipality) (P) |
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Skopje (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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was an Illyrian center, later a Roman center |
| city (C) |
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| national capital (C) |
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of the newly formed Republic of Macedonia |
| commercial center (C) |
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developed under Turks |
| educational center (C) |
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for university & engineering school |
| industrial center (C) |
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includes iron & steel, cement, chrome refining, agricultural machinery & woodworking |
| manufacturing center (C) |
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for chemicals, textiles, glass, beer & spirits, electrical goods, ceramics, canned fruit & vegetables, tobacco & leather |
| transportation center (C) |
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for rail |
| archaeological site (C) |
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principally excavated from 1940s to 1960s; circular forum, acropolis, basilica & other churches, martyrium & baths |
| archiepiscopal see (H) |
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archbishop's seat in Dardania |
| capital (H) |
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of Roman Dardania; of Turkish-ruled Macedonia; of medieval Serbia; of Republic of Macedonia (part of former Yugoslavia) |
| fortified settlement (H) |
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walls enclosed a long, narrow area on a high ridge |
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Related geographic places: |
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| capital of .... |
Makedonija, Severna .......... (nation) |
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(World, Europe) [7006667] |
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