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ID: 1089698
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1089698
Record Type:
administrative
Āksum (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 14 07 26 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 14.1245
decimal degrees
Long: 038 43 26 E
degrees minutes
Long: 38.7244
decimal degrees
Note:
City that was the original capital of the ancient Kingdom of Aksum; noted as one of the oldest continuously inhabited places in Africa.
Names:
Āksum
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Aksum
(
C
,
V
)
Akesum
(
C
,
V
)
Auxumum
(
H
,
O
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Africa
(continent) (
P
)
........
Ethiopia
(nation) (
P
)
............
Tigray
(state) (
P
)
................
Āksum
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
city (
C
)
archaeological site (
C
)
ancient site (
H
)
capital (
H
)
Related geographic places:
capital of ....
Axumite Empire
.......... (former nation/state/empire)
..................
(World, Africa, Ethiopia) [7024409]
Sources and Contributors:
Akesum..........
[
VP
]
.................
NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
Aksum..........
[
VP
]
..............
Rand McNally Atlas (Reprinted 1994)
I-3
Āksum..........
[
VP Preferred
]
..............
Columbia Encyclopedia [online] (2000)
..............
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
9
Auxumum..........
[
VP
]
.................
Orbis Latinus (1971)
37
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Orbis Latinus (1971)
37
..................
Rand McNally Atlas (Reprinted 1994)
I-3
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
9
..................
UNESCO World Heritage Centre [online] (1992-)
accessed 7 December 2009
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
..........
Columbia Encyclopedia [online] (2000)
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