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ID: 1079158
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1079158

 

Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Khorramābād (inhabited place)  Khorramābād (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 33 29 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 33.4833  decimal degrees
Long: 048 21 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 48.3500  decimal degrees

Note: Khorramābād is south of Hamadān city in central Lorestān province. Located in the midst of the Zagros Mountains, it is a summer market place for nomadic Lur peoples. The ruins of Dez-e Sīāh (Black Fortress) which was the gubernatorial seat of the province from 1155 to 1600 are located there.

Names:
Khorramābād (preferred,C,V,display,O,Persian-Farsi (transliterated)-P)
Khurramābād (C,V)
Khurramabad (C,V)
Khur Ramābād (C,U,Persian-Farsi)
خرم آباد (C,U,Persian-Farsi-P)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Iran (nation)  ........  Iran (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Luristan (province)  ............  Luristan (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Khorramābād (inhabited place)  ................  Khorramābād (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)
city (C)
provincial capital (C)
market center (C)
regional capital (C)

Sources and Contributors:
خرم آباد..........  [VP]
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -3071194
Khorramābād..........  [VP Preferred]
.......................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VI, 841
.......................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -3071194
.......................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 98
Khurramābād..........  [VP]
.......................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VI, 841
Khurramabad..........  [VP]
.......................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 607
Khur Ramābād..........  [VP]
.......................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -3071194
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VI, 841
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -3071194
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 98
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 607
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014) accessed 31 July 2003

 

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