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Sovicille, Siena Province, Tuscany, Italyi
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SovicilleCommune
Siena ProvinceProvince
TuscanyRegion
ItalyCountry

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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Rosia2,573 (2014)
Sovicille1,100 (2014)
Volte Basse432 (2014)
Carpineto328 (2014)
Castello-Belle Poppe-Fabbricaccia191 (2014)
Ampugnano133 (2014)
Mindat Locality ID:
419306
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:419306:0
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Sovicille, Province de Sienne, Toscane, Italie
German:
Sovicille, Provinz Siena, Toskana, Italien
Italian:
Sovicille, Provincia di Siena, Toscana, Italia
Russian:
Совичилле, Провинция Сиена, Тоскана, Италия
Simplified Chinese:
索维奇莱, 錫耶納省, 托斯卡纳, 意大利
Spanish:
Sovicille, Provincia de Siena, Toscana, Italia
Arabic:
سوفيتشيلي, مقاطعة سيينا, توسكانا, إيطاليا
Armenian:
Սովիչիլե, Սիենա, Տոսկանա, Իտալիա
Basque:
Sovicille, Sienako probintzia, Toskana, Italia
Belarusian:
Савічыле, правінцыя Сіена, Таскана, Італія
Bulgarian:
Совичиле, Сиена, Тоскана, Италия
Catalan:
Sovicille, província de Siena, Toscana, Itàlia
Cebuano:
Sovicille, Provincia di Siena, Toscana, Italya
Central Bikol:
Sovicille, Provincia nin Siena, Tuscany, Italya
Chechen:
Совичилле, Тоскана, Итали
Corsican:
Sovicille, Pruvincia di Siena, Tuscana, Italia
Dutch:
Sovicille, Siena, Toscane, Italië
Esperanto:
Sovicille, Provinco Sieno, Toskanio, Italio
Farsi/Persian:
سوویچیله, استان سیه‌نا, توسکانی, ایتالیا
Finnish:
Sovicille, Sienan maakunta, Toscana, Italia
Hungarian:
Sovicille, Siena megye, Toszkána, Olaszország
Japanese:
ソヴィチッレ, シエーナ県, トスカーナ州, イタリア
Kazakh (Cyrillic Script):
Совичилле, Тоскана, Италия
Korean:
소비칠레, 시에나현, 토스카나주, 이탈리아
Ladin:
Sovicille, Talia
Latin:
Sufficulum, Provincia Senensis (Provincia Saenensis), Tuscia, Italia
Lombard:
Sovicille, Pruvincia de Siena, Toscana, Italia
Luxembourgish:
Sovicille, Provënz Siena, Toskana, Italien
Malay:
Sovicille, Wilayah Siena, Tuscany, Itali
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Sovicille, Siena Séng, Toscana, Italia
Neapolitan:
Sovicille, Toscana, Italia
Norwegian:
Sovicille, Siena, Toscana, Italia
Occitan:
Sovicille, Província de Siena, Toscana, Itàlia
Piedmontese:
Sovicille, Provincia ëd Sien-a, Toscan-a, Italia
Polish:
Sovicille, Prowincja Siena, Toskania, Włochy
Portuguese:
Sovicille, Siena, Toscana, Itália
Romanian:
Sovicille, Provincia Siena, Toscana, Italia
Serbian:
Совичиле, Сијена, Тоскана, Италија
Serbo-Croatian:
Sovicille, Siena, Toskana, Italija
Sicilian:
Sovicilli, Pruvincia di Siena, Tuscana, Italia
South Azerbaijani:
سوویچیله, سیه‌نا اوستانی, توسکانی, ایتالیا
Swedish:
Sovicille, Siena, Toscana, Italien
Tagalog:
Sovicille, Lalawigan ng Siena, Tuscany, Italya
Tarantino:
Sovicille, Provinge de Siena, Toscana, Itaglie
Tatar:
Совичилле, Тоскана, Италия
Turkish:
Sovicille, Siena ili, Toskana, İtalya
Ukrainian:
Совічилле, Сієна , Тоскана, Італія
Uzbek (Latin Script):
Sovicille, Siena, Italiya
Venetian:
Sovicille, Provincia de Siena, Toscana, Itałia
Vietnamese:
Sovicille, Siena, Toscana, Ý
Volapük:
Sovicille, Litaliyän
Waray:
Sovicille, Siena, Toscana, Italya


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Calcite
Formula: CaCO3
Localities: Reported from at least 9 localities in this region.

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Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
Calcite5.AB.05CaCO3

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CCarbon
C CalciteCaCO3
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O CalciteCaCO3
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Ca CalciteCaCO3

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovicille
Wikidata ID:Q91472
GeoNames ID:6536856

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