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ID: 7001742
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7001742
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Mahdia (inhabited place)  Mahdia (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 35 29 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 35.4833  decimal degrees
Long: 011 03 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 11.0500  decimal degrees

Note: Occupied by Sicilian Normans in the 12th century until they were forced out by Almohads in 1159; taken by the Ottoman Empire in the late 16th century; part of the French colonial empire from 1881 to 1956; industries include handicrafts and fishing.

Names:
Mahdia (preferred,C,V)
Al Mahdiya (C,V)
Mahedia (C,V)
Mehdia (C,V)
al-Mahdīyah (C,V)
Gummi (H,V)
Turris Hannibalis (H,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Africa (continent)  ....  Africa (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Tunisia (nation)  ........  Tunisia (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Mahdia (governorate)  ............  Mahdia (governorate) (P)
Hierarchy of Mahdia (inhabited place)  ................  Mahdia (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  founded 912; settled earlier
town (C)
regional capital (C)
port (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Al Mahdiya..........  [VP]
.......................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 336
al-Mahdīyah..........  [VP]
.......................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VII, 698
Gummi..........  [VP]
..............  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 551
Mahdia..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 551
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VII, 698
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 117
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 709
Mahedia..........  [VP]
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VII, 698
Mehdia..........  [VP]
.................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 551
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 709
Turris Hannibalis..........  [VP]
................................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 551
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 551
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VII, 698
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 117
..................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 336
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 709
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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