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ID: 1087385 Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1087385			Record Type: administrative

Beskra (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 34 51 00 N degrees minutes			Lat: 34.8500 decimal degrees
Long: 005 44 00 E degrees minutes			Long: 5.7333 decimal degrees

Note: Located on site of fortified Roman post of Vescera; flourished after being taken by Arabs 9th cen.; semi-autonomous capital of the Zab region 12th cen.; occupied by Turks 1552; French garrison was massacred by Arabs 1844; winter resort with hot springs.

Names:

Beskra (preferred,C,V)	............	after 1981
Biskra (C,V)
Vescera (H,V)

Hierarchical Position:

World (facet)

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Africa (continent) (P)

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Al-Jazā'ir (nation) (P)

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Biskra (province) (P)

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Beskra (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:

inhabited place (preferred, C)	............	settled since Roman times
town (C)
department capital (C)

Sources and Contributors:

Beskra..........	[VP Preferred]
.................	Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 105
.................	Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) II, 241
.................	Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-18

Biskra..........	[VP]
.................	Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 105
.................	Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) II, 241

Vescera..........	[VP]
.................	Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 105
.................	Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) II, 241

Subject: .....	[VP]
..................	Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 105
..................	Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) II, 241
..................	Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-18


Note:
English	..........	[VP]

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