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ID: 1110252
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1110252
 
Record Type: physical
Hierarchy of Tassili-n-Ajjer (region (administrative division))  Tassili-n-Ajjer (region (administrative division))

Coordinates:
Lat: 25 09 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 25.1500  decimal degrees
Long: 008 00 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 8.0000  decimal degrees

Note: Region containing a collection of approximately 15,000 preserved cave drawings and engravings from 6000 BCE to the current era. The area is designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.

Names:
Tassili-n-Ajjer (preferred,C,V)
Tassili N'Ajjer (C,V)
Tassili n'Ajjer (C,V)
Ajjer, Tassili-n- (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Africa (continent)  ....  Africa (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Al-Jazā'ir (nation)  ........  Al-Jazā'ir (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Tamanrasset (province)  ............  Tamanrasset (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Tassili-n-Ajjer (region (administrative division))  ................  Tassili-n-Ajjer (region (administrative division)) (P)

Place Types:
region (administrative division) (preferred, C)
plateau (C)
World Heritage Site (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Ajjer, Tassili-n-..........  [VP]
................................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-3
Tassili N'Ajjer..........  [VP]
.............................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) plate 88
Tassili n'Ajjer..........  [VP]
.............................  UNESCO World Heritage Centre [online] (1992-) accessed 5 January 2008
Tassili-n-Ajjer..........  [VP Preferred]
.............................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 5 January 2008
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 5 January 2008
..................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-3
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) plate 88
..................  UNESCO World Heritage Centre [online] (1992-) accessed 5 January 2008
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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