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ID: 1085134
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1085134
Record Type:
administrative
Darʻā (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 32 37 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 32.6167
decimal degrees
Long: 036 06 00 E
degrees minutes
Long: 36.1000
decimal degrees
Note:
Captured by Persians in 573; developed in strategic location on routes between Amman, Jerusalem, Haifa and Damascus; was damaged in WW I; today is a garrison town with no local industries; noted for Greco-Roman ruins and 13th-century mosque.
Names:
Darʻā
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Derʻā
(
C
,
V
)
Edrei
(
H
,
V
,
Ancient Greek (transliterated)
,
U
,
N
)
............
ancient name
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Asia
(continent) (
P
)
........
Sūrīyah
(nation) (
P
)
............
Dar‘ā, Muḩāfaz̧at
(governorate) (
P
)
................
Darʻā
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
settled since ancient times
town (
C
)
regional capital (
C
)
transportation center (
C
)
market center (
C
)
fortified settlement (
H
)
Sources and Contributors:
Darʻā..........
[
VP Preferred
]
..............
Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014)
accessed 2 Dec 2002
..............
Times Atlas of the World (1985)
plate 34
..............
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
52
..............
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
315
Derʻā..........
[
VP
]
..............
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985)
III, 882
..............
Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014)
accessed 2 Dec 2002
Edrei..........
[
VP
]
..............
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
I, 226
..............
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985)
III, 882
..............
Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014)
accessed 2 Dec 2002
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
I, 226
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985)
III, 882
..................
Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014)
accessed 2 Dec 2002
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1985)
plate 34
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
52
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
315
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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