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Cagliari (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 39 13 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 39.2167 decimal degrees |
| Long: 009 07 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 9.1167 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located on S coast; was important Phoenician center, later principal Carthaginian stronghold in Sardegna; taken by Rome in Second Punic War (ca. 218 BCE), became crucial Roman harbor; independent in Middle Ages, taken by Pisans, Aragonese & Savoy (1718). |
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| Cagliari (preferred,C,V)
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| Cágliari (C,V)
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| Carales (H,V)
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............ | Roman name |
| Caralis (H,V)
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............ | ancient |
| Cardlis (H,V)
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............ | Greek name |
| Karalis (H,V)
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............ | ancient |
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Sardinia (region (administrative division)) (P) |
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Cagliari (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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probably inhabited in prehistoric times, later founded by Phoenicians |
| city (C) |
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| regional capital (C) |
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| provincial capital (C) |
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| port (C) |
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from ancient times, expanded in 1938 & since rebuilt |
| trade center (C) |
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exports lead, zinc, salt & other minerals |
| manufacturing center (C) |
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produces ceramics & superphosphates, has flour mills & sugar refineries |
| archaeological site (C) |
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noted for Carthaginian acropolis, & Roman amphitheater, houses & necropolis |
| archiepiscopal see (C) |
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| military center (H) |
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important naval & air bases were destroyed in WW II |
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