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ID: 1077414
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Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Banda Aceh (inhabited place)  Banda Aceh (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 05 30 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 5.5000  decimal degrees
Long: 095 20 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 95.3333  decimal degrees

Note: City was visited by Marco Polo 1292 & by Ibn Baṭṭūṭah 1345 & 1346; occupied by Dutch 1873; ensuing Aceh War among Dutch & Achinese lasted until 1903; continued under control of Dutch until occupation by Japanese early in WW II.

Names:
Banda Aceh (preferred,C,V)
Banda Atjeh (C,V)
Kutaradja (H,V)
Kuturaja (H,V)
Bandaaceh (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Indonesia (nation)  ........  Indonesia (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Aceh (autonomous district)  ............  Aceh (autonomous district) (P)
Hierarchy of Banda Aceh (inhabited place)  ................  Banda Aceh (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)
city (C)
district capital (C)
educational center (C)  ............  Universitas Syiah Kuala became state university 1961
capital (H)  ............  of Aceh sultanate, 17th cen.

Sources and Contributors:
Banda Aceh..........  [VP Preferred]
.......................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) I, 859
.......................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 21
Bandaaceh..........  [VP]
....................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Banda Atjeh..........  [VP]
.......................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 89
Kutaradja..........  [VP]
....................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Kuturaja..........  [VP]
.................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-15
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) I, 859
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-15
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 21
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 89
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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