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ID: 7001620
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7001620
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Umm Durmān (inhabited place)  Umm Durmān (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 15 37 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 15.6167  decimal degrees
Long: 032 29 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 32.4833  decimal degrees

Note: Town grew rapidly after victory of al-Mahdī over British 1885; captured by Anglo-Egypitan forces 1898; developed into cultural, religious & commercial center of country; has large bazaar trading in hides, gum arabic, textiles & agricultural products.

Names:
Umm Durmān (preferred,C,V)
Omdurman (C,O)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Africa (continent)  ....  Africa (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Sudan (nation)  ........  Sudan (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Khartoum (state)  ............  Khartoum (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Umm Durmān (inhabited place)  ................  Umm Durmān (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)
town (C)
market center (C)
commercial center (C)
trade center (C)
capital (H)  ............  of Mahdī, 1885

Sources and Contributors:
Omdurman..........  [BHA, VP]
.................  Cambridge Encyclopedia (1990)
.................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Umm Durmān..........  [VP Preferred]
.......................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) VIII, 946-947
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  Cambridge Encyclopedia (1990)
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) VIII, 946-947
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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