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Aarau (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 47 23 23 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 47.3896 decimal degrees |
Long: 008 03 08 E degrees minutes |
Long: 8.0524 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located on the Aare river at the foot of the Jura mountains; founded by counts of Kyburg, then passed to the Hapsburgs in 1264; taken by Bernese in 1415; today town manufactures electrical goods, bells, precision instruments, shoes & other goods. |
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Aarau (preferred,C,V,German,U)
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Aaray (C,V)
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Araugia (H,O)
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Aravia (H,O)
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Arovia (H,O)
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Arovium (H,O)
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Arowa (H,O)
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Aarau (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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founded ca. 1240 |
town (C) |
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regional capital (C) |
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industrial center (C) |
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national capital (H) |
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of Helvetian Republic from 1798 |
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