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Sfîntu Gheorghe (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 45 52 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 45.8667 decimal degrees |
| Long: 025 47 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 25.7833 decimal degrees |
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Note: Town was built over Daco-Roman settlement; occupied by Szekler settlers to guard E frontier of Transylvania in Middle Ages; noted for fortified church. |
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| Sfîntu Gheorghe (preferred,C,V)
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| Sfîntu-Gheorghe (C,V)
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| Sfintu Gheorghe (C,V)
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| Sfântu Gheorghe (C,V)
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| Sfantu-Gheorghe (C,V)
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| Sf. Gheorghe (C,V)
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| Sepsiszent-György (C,O)
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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Neolithic settlement was nearby, Daco-Roman settlement was on site over which town was built |
| town (C) |
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| county seat (C) |
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