Fort-de-France (Martinique)
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found: BGN 11/18/81(Fort-de-France, PPL, 14°36ʹN, 61°05ʹW; variants: Fort Royal, Le Fort-de-France)
found: Mémoire d'Au-Béro, 1998:t.p. (Foyal) p. 4 of cover (Foyal, ancien nom de Fort-de-France; Martinique)
found: Wikipedia, September 8, 2015(Fort-de-France; capital of France's Caribbean overseas department of Martinique; also known as the Fort of France; originally named Fort-Royal; the name of Fort-Royal was changed to a short-lived Fort-La-Republique during the French Revolution, and finally settled as Fort-de-France sometime in the 19th century; 14°36ʹ00ʺN 61°05ʹ00ʺW)
found: GEOnet, September 8, 2015(Fort-de-France; variants: Fort Royal; Le Fort-de-France; seat of a first-order administrative division; Martinique; 14°36ʹ19ʺN, 061°04ʹ32ʺW (14.605202, -61.075427))
found: Britannica online, September 8, 2015(Fort-de-France, city and capital of the French overseas département and région of Martinique, in the West Indies; formerly called Fort-Royal, it has been Martinique's capital since 1680)
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1982-03-05: new
2015-09-10: revised
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