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Tarraco

Southern Europe

Tarraco is the ancient name of the present-day city of Tarragona in Catalonia, Spain, and was the oldest Roman settlement on the Iberian Peninsula. It became the capital of the Roman province of Hispania Tarraconensis after that province's creation during the Roman Empire.

Facts
Population
30,000 1
Elevation (m)
68 2
Latitude
41.116478 degrees north 2
Longitude
1.255231 degrees east 2
Elevation Band
Lowland 3
Climate Zone
Temperate 4
Time Zone
UTC+01:00 3
Sources
1. Wikipedia (Spanish): Tarraco
Wikipedia (Spanish)Infobox: population
Quote, Infobox: population
Habitantes 30 000 (estimado)
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2. Tarraco (Wikidata)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 41.116478, longitude 1.255231
  • P2044 (elevation above sea level)
    elevation 68 m
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3. GeoNames: Tarragona - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 3108288
    41.11905 1.24544 P PPLA2 ES 56 T 43148 141542 60 Europe/Madrid
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 60 m
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4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 41.25, 1.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 41.25, 1.25
41.25 1.25 Csa
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Wikidata: Tarraco
Wikidata Q1501940, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
Tarraco (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Southern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source
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