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Erzincan (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 39 44 21 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 39.7392 decimal degrees |
| Long: 039 29 25 E degrees minutes |
Long: 39.4902 decimal degrees |
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Note: Held by Byzantium; taken by Seljuq Turks 1071; passed to Mongol empire 1243; controlled by several local Turkmen dynasties after fall of Mongols until absorption into Ottoman Empire early 1500s; occupied by Russians in WW I; often damaged by earthquakes. |
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| Erzincan (preferred,C,V,Turkish,U)
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| Erzinjan (C,V)
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| Arzanjan (C,V)
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| Aziris (C,V)
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| Ersindjan (C,V)
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| Ersingan (C,V)
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| Ersingjan (C,V)
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| Erzindjan (C,V)
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| Erzingan (C,V)
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| Yerznka (C,V)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Erzincan (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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was an ancient center |
| city (C) |
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| provincial capital (C) |
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| agricultural center (C) |
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| regional capital (C) |
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