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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 Algeria (nation)  ........  Algeria (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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