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Agrigento (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 37 19 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 37.3167 decimal degrees |
| Long: 013 34 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 13.5667 decimal degrees |
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Note: Founded by colonists from Gela ca. 580 BCE; destroyed by Carthage 406 BCE; rebuilt by Timoleon, a leader of Syracuse; scene of defeat of Carthaginian general Hanno by Romans 262 BCE; archaeological site named UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997. |
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| Agrigento (preferred,C,V)
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| Acragas (H,V)
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| Agrigentum (H,V)
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............ | Roman name |
| Akragas (H,V)
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............ | Greek name |
| Ἀκράγας (C,V,Greek,U)
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| Girgenti (H,V)
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| Kirkent (C,V,Arabic,U)
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| Jirjent (C,V,Arabic,U)
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Sicily (region (administrative division)) (P,C) part of unified Italy from 1861 |
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Agrigento (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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founded by colonists from Gela 580 BC |
| city (C) |
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| provincial capital (C) |
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| trade center (C) |
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exports sulphur |
| archaeological site (C) |
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| World Heritage Site (C) |
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from 1997 |
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