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Chiusaforte, Udine Province, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italyi
Regional Level Types
ChiusaforteCommune
Udine ProvinceProvince (Former)
Friuli Venezia GiuliaAutonomous Region
ItalyCountry

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Type:
Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Chiusaforte246 (2014)
Raccolana132 (2014)
Mindat Locality ID:
417339
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:417339:0
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Chiusaforte, Province d'Udine, Frioul Vénétie Julienne, Italie
German:
Chiusaforte, Provinz Udine (Provinz Weiden), Friaul Julisch Venetien, Italien
Italian:
Chiusaforte, Provincia di Udine, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italia
Russian:
Кьюзафорте, Проивинция Удине, Фриули — Венеция-Джулия, Италия
Simplified Chinese:
基乌萨福尔泰, 烏迪內省, 弗留利-威尼斯朱利亚, 意大利
Spanish:
Chiusaforte, Provincia de Údine, Friul Venecia Julia, Italia
Arabic:
كيوسافورتي, مقاطعة أوديني, فريولي فينيتسيا جوليا, إيطاليا
Armenian:
Կիուզաֆորտե, Ուդինե, Ֆրիուլի Վենեցիա Ջուլյա, Իտալիա
Basque:
Chiusaforte, Udineko probintzia, Friuli-Venezia-Julia, Italia
Belarusian:
К'юзафортэ, Удзінэ , Фрыулі-Венецыя-Джулія, Італія
Bulgarian:
Киузафорте, Удине, Фриули - Венеция Джулия, Италия
Catalan:
Chiusaforte, Província d'Udine, Friül - Venècia Júlia, Itàlia
Cebuano:
Chiusaforte, Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italya
Chechen:
Кьюзафорте, Фриули-Венеци-Джули, Итали
Dutch:
Chiusaforte, Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italië
Esperanto:
Chiusaforte, Provinco Udine, Friulo-Venecio Julia, Italio
Farsi/Persian:
کیوزافورته, استان اودینه, فریولی ونتزیا جولیا, ایتالیا
Friulian:
Scluse, Provincie di Udin, Friûl Vignesie Julie, Italie
Hungarian:
Chiusaforte, Udine megye, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Olaszország
Indonesian:
Chiusaforte, Provinsi Udine, Friuli–Venezia Giulia, Italia
Interlingua:
Chiusaforte, provincia Udine, Friuli-Venetia Giulia, Italia
Japanese:
キウザフォルテ, ウーディネ県, フリウリ=ヴェネツィア・ジュリア州, イタリア
Kazakh (Cyrillic Script):
Кьюзафорте, Фриули-Венеция-Джулия, Италия
Latin:
Clausa Fortis, Provincia Utinensis, Foroiuliensis et Venetia Iulia, Italia
Lombard:
Chiusaforte, Provincia de Udin, Friul-Venezia Giulia, Italia
Malay:
Chiusaforte, Wilayah Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Itali
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Chiusaforte, Udine Séng, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italia
Neapolitan:
Chiusaforte, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italia
Norwegian:
Chiusaforte, Provinsen Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italia
Occitan:
Chiusaforte, Província d'Udine, Friol-Venècia Júlia, Itàlia
Piedmontese:
Chiusaforte, Provincia d'Ùdin, Friul-Venessia Giulia, Italia
Polish:
Chiusaforte, Prowincja Udine, Friuli-Wenecja Julijska, Włochy
Portuguese:
Chiusaforte, Udine, Friul-Veneza Júlia, Itália
Romanian:
Chiusaforte, Provincia Udine, Friuli-Veneția Giulia, Italia
Serbian:
Кјузафорте, Удине, Фурланија-Јулијска крајина, Италија
Serbo-Croatian:
Chiusaforte, Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italija
Sicilian:
Chiusaforte, Pruvincia di Udini, Friuli Vinezzia Giulia, Italia
Slovenian:
Kluže, Videmska pokrajina, Furlanija Julijska krajina, Italija
South Azerbaijani:
کیوزافورته, اودینه اوستانی, فریولی ونتزیا جولیا, ایتالیا
Swedish:
Chiusaforte, Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italien
Tarantino:
Chiusaforte, Provinge de Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Itaglie
Tatar:
Кьюзафорте, Фриули-Венеция-Җулия, Италия
Turkish:
Chiusaforte, Udine ili, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, İtalya
Ukrainian:
Кьюзафорте, Удіне , Фріулі-Венеція-Джулія, Італія
Uzbek (Latin Script):
Chiusaforte, Udine, Italiya
Venetian:
Chiusaforte, Provincia de Ùdine, Friułi Venezsia Julia, Itałia
Vietnamese:
Chiusaforte, Udine, Friuli–Venezia Giulia, Ý
Volapük:
Chiusaforte, Litaliyän
Waray:
Chiusaforte, Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italya


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Fossils

There are 1 fossil locality from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences2
Youngest Fossil Listed222 Ma (Late/Upper Triassic)
Oldest Fossil Listed242 Ma (Middle Triassic)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
Monticello1232 - 221.5 Ma (Late/Upper Triassic)
Raibl - Chiampees1242 - 228 Ma (Triassic)
Fossils from RegionClick here to show the list.
Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Crocodylotarsi
unranked clade
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Eosuchia : Crocodylotarsi232 - 221.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
Eusauropterygia
unranked clade
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Eosauropterygia : Eusauropterygia242 - 228 Ma
Triassic
Fossil LocalitiesClick to show 1 fossil locality

Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiusaforte
Wikidata ID:Q53243
GeoNames ID:6536307


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