Taranto

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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Invalidated site: The Catholic Encyclopedia - Taranto, Italy.	Emily Rodriguez	Apr 28, 2020
	Add new Web site: How Stuff Works - Geography - Geography of Taranto.	Darshana Das	Feb 22, 2011
	Add new Web site: Lonely Planet - Taranto, Italy.	Darshana Das	Feb 22, 2011
	Add new Web site: The Catholic Encyclopedia - Taranto, Italy.	Darshana Das	Feb 22, 2011
	Media added.	Amy Tikkanen	Nov 08, 2010
	Population data updated.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 11, 2007
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998