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Place nameGlasgow
Other namesGlas Chu, Glas Cau
CountryUnited Kingdom
Latitude55.883
Longitude-4.25
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
Country's largest city & site of early Industrial Revolution in 18th cen.; religious center founded by St. Kentigern in 550; American Revolution disrupted trade until shipbuilding & textile industries began; notorious slums disappeared during 1980s.
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