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Suez (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 29 58 25 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 29.9737 decimal degrees |
| Long: 032 31 35 E degrees minutes |
Long: 32.5263 decimal degrees |
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Note: Ancient trading site at N end of Gulf of Suez; developed as naval station after Ottoman conquest 16th cen.; declined until opening of Suez Canal 1869; departure point for pilgrimages to Mecca; capital of As-Suways (Suez governorate). |
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| As Suways (preferred,C,V,Arabic (transliterated),U)
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| As-Suways (C,V)
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| Suez (C,O,English-P,U,N)
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| Al Qulzum (NA,V)
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| Clysma (NA,V)
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| El-Qulzum (NA,V)
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| El Seweis (NA,V)
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| El Suweis (NA,V)
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| Es Suweis (NA,V)
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| Klysma (NA,V)
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| Suës (NA,V)
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| السويس (NA,V,Arabic,U)
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Suez (governorate) (P) |
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Suez (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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settled since ancient Greece |
| city (C) |
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| regional capital (C) |
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| port (C) |
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| trade center (C) |
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| commercial center (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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