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![Hierarchy of Trapani (inhabited place)](/global/images/global_hierarchy.gif) |
Trapani (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 38 01 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 38.0167 decimal degrees |
Long: 012 29 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 12.4833 decimal degrees |
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Elevation: |
9.842 feet |
3.0000 meters |
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Note: Founded by Carthaginians; was important naval base during First Punic War (mid-3rd cen. BCE); later ceded to Rome; conquered by Vandals 440 CE, Saracens in 1077, & later by the Normans who made it part of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. |
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Trapani (preferred,C,V)
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Tràpani (C,V,Sicilian,U)
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Drepanum (H,V,Latin,U,N)
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Drepanon (H,V,Greek,U)
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Δρέπανον (C,V,Greek,U)
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![Hierarchy of Sicily (region (administrative division))](/global/images/global_hierarchy.gif) |
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Sicily (region (administrative division)) (P,C) part of unified Italy from 1861 |
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Trapani (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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founded by Carthaginians |
town (C) |
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provincial capital (C) |
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