Merasheen

Merasheen is a community located on the southwestern tip of in in , . It was one of the largest and most prosperous communities in to be resettled, with the provincial government paying residents to abandon the community and relocate to designated growth centres during the 1960s.
Wikipedia
  • Locality
  • …lies at an elevation of 3 metres (10 feet)
  • …is also known as “Merasheen, Newfoundland and Labrador”
  • Description: human settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Merasheen

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Latitude
47.41349° or 47° 24′ 49″ north
Longitude
-54.34704° or 54° 20′ 49″ west
Open location code
88V7CM73+95
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1465676829
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­locality
Geo­Names ID
6072159
Wiki­data ID
Q6817947

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In Other Languages

From Egyptian Arabic to Irish—“Merasheen” goes by many names.
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مراشين”
  • Irish: “Merasheen”

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