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Barcelona (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 41 23 54 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 41.3984 decimal degrees |
| Long: 002 10 27 E degrees minutes |
Long: 2.1741 decimal degrees |
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Note: Carthaginian settlement was taken by Romans; Visigoths then held the city until Moorish rule began in 8th century CE; Carolingian supremacy began in 801; powerful medieval counts controlled all of Catalonia and Aragon; was great commercial power. |
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| Barcelona (preferred,C,V)
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| Barcelone (C,O)
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| Barchino (H,V)
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| Barcino (H,V,S)
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| Barcinona (H,V)
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| Barcilonum (H,V,Latin,U)
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| Barcinonensis (H,V)
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| Barschaluna (H,V)
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| Colonia Iulia Augusta Paterna Faventia Barcino (H,V)
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| Barkeno (H,V,Phoenician,U)
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| Barkinṓn (H,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Βαρκινών (C,V,Greek,U)
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Barcelona (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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was an important Carthaginian center, then a Roman center |
| city (C) |
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| regional capital (C) |
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| provincial capital (C) |
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| port (C) |
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is nation's most important Mediterranean port |
| industrial center (C) |
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produces automobiles, chemicals, machinery & textiles |
| financial center (C) |
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| transportation center (C) |
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| commercial center (C) |
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since medieval times; at its height the city commanded influence as far east as Greece |
| university center (C) |
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| tourist center (C) |
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| political center (H) |
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was Loyalist Republican in Spanish civil war, & was important center for Catalan separatism |
| Punic (Carthaginian) (H) |
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