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Canada

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Place nameCanada
Other namesKanada, Canadá, CAN, CA, ISO124, CA00, Dominion of Canada, Canada, Dominion of, British North America, Canadian
Latitude60
Longitude-96
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names

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Inhabited by ancestors of Amerindians and Inuit in Upper Palaeolithic or earlier; evolved diverse cultures over vast area; Norse settlements by 1000 CE; English, French, Spanish, and Portuguese claimed territory from the 16th century; under British control from 1759; official languages are English and French.
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3 km
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