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Icel (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 36 43 58 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 36.7328 decimal degrees |
Long: 034 38 39 E degrees minutes |
Long: 34.6442 decimal degrees |
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Note: The artificial harbor is an agricultural & mineral outlet for Cilician Plain & SE Asia Minor; has connections to Adana & Istanbul-Baghdad railroad through a branch line; port linked to Cyprus by ferry; has one of the nation's largest refineries for oil. |
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Icel (preferred,C,V)
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Mersin (C,V)
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Mersine (C,V)
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Merson (C,V)
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Mersyna (C,V)
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İçel (C,V)
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Mersina (H,V)
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Zephyrion (H,V)
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............ | ancient |
Zephyrium (H,V)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Icel (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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site of Neolithic settlement |
city (C) |
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provincial capital (C) |
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port (C) |
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regional capital (C) |
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