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Turku (Finland)

LC control no.n 80035811
Descriptive conventionsrda
Geographic headingTurku (Finland)
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Geographic subdivision usageFinland--Turku
Variant(s)Åbo (Finland)
Åbo-Björneborg (Finland)
Aboa (Finland)
Åbo/Turku (Finland)
Found inÅbo i går och idag, 1947.
Orbis Latinus, 1972: I:5 (Aboa, Aboenensis, Aboensis, Abogensis=Turku (Åbo), Hst. d. Pr. Turku-Pori (Åbo-Björneborg), Finnland.)
GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (ppl; 60°27ʹ00ʺN 022°16ʹ60ʺE)
Google search, Dec. 16, 2013 (CONF: Wittgensteinian Approaches to Ethics and the Philosophy of Culture; Venue: Åbo Akademi University, Åbo/Turku, Finland, March 26-28, 2009)
Wikipedia, Dec. 17, 2013 (Turku (Finnish); Åbo (Swedish) is a city on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River, in the region of Finland Proper. Turku, as a town, was settled during the 13th century and founded most likely at the end of the 13th century, making it the oldest city in Finland. It quickly became the most important city in Finland, a status it retained for hundreds of years. After Finland became part of the Russian Empire (1809), and the capital of the Grand Duchy of Finland was moved to Helsinki (1812), Turku continued to be the most populous city in Finland, until the end of the 1840s. Today it remains a regional capital and an important business and cultural center. The city is officially bilingual as 5.2 percent of its population identify Swedish as a mother-tongue)
Geographic area codee-fi---