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ID: 1094506
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1094506
Record Type:
administrative
Wad Madanī (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 14 24 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 14.4000
decimal degrees
Long: 032 50 00 E
degrees minutes
Long: 32.8333
decimal degrees
Note:
Is commercial center of the al-Jazīrah cotton-growing area, which prospered after introduction of sophisticated irrigation; was a small Egyptian administrative post in 19th cen.; most inhabitants are affiliated with N Sudanese peoples.
Names:
Wad Madanī
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Wad Medani
(
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Africa
(continent) (
P
)
........
Sudan
(nation) (
P
)
............
Gezira
(state) (
P
)
................
Wad Madanī
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
city (
C
)
provincial capital (
C
)
commercial center (
C
)
transportation center (
C
)
university center (
C
)
administrative center (
H
)
............
for Egyptians, 19th cen.
Sources and Contributors:
Wad Madanī..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.......................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985)
XII, 445
Wad Medani..........
[
VP
]
.......................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
211
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985)
XII, 445
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
211
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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