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![Hierarchy of Makhachkala (inhabited place)](/global/images/global_hierarchy.gif) |
Makhachkala (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 42 59 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 42.9833 decimal degrees |
Long: 047 30 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 47.5000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located on W shore of Caspian Sea; important seaport linking North Caucasus & S Ukraine with W Kazakhstan; site of a large oil terminal pipeline, several universities & teacher-training institutes. |
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Makhachkala (preferred,C,V,O,Russian (transliterated)-P)
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Machačkala (C,V)
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Machatsch-Kala (C,U,Russian (transliterated))
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Petrovsk (C,U,Russian (transliterated))
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Petrovsk-Port (C,U,Russian (transliterated))
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Махачкала (C,U,Russian-P)
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Port Petrovsk (H,V)
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............ | from 1857-1921 |
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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founded as a fortress in 1844 |
city (C) |
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regional capital (C) |
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port (C) |
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industrial center (C) |
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