Research Home
Tools
Thesaurus of Geographic Names
Full Record Display
Vernacular Display
|
English Display
Click the
icon to view the hierarchy.
Semantic View
(
JSON
,
JSONLD
,
RDF
,
N3/Turtle
,
N-Triples
)
ID: 7001622
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7001622
Record Type:
administrative
El Fasher (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 13 37 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 13.6167
decimal degrees
Long: 025 22 00 E
degrees minutes
Long: 25.3667
decimal degrees
Note:
A historic caravan center; established as capital by Sultan ʻAbd ar-Raḥmān ar-Rashed of the Fur Sultanate of Dārfur; the town eventually grew up around his palace; market center for cereals & fruits.
Names:
El Fasher
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
al-Fāshir
(
C
,
V
)
Al-Fāshir
(
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Africa
(continent) (
P
)
........
Sudan
(nation) (
P
)
............
Northern Darfur
(state) (
P
)
................
El Fasher
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
town (
C
)
provincial capital (
C
)
............
established late 18th cen.
agricultural center (
C
)
market center (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Al-Fāshir..........
[
VP
]
....................
Rand McNally Atlas (1994)
I-4
al-Fāshir..........
[
VP
]
....................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985)
IV, 691
El Fasher..........
[
VP Preferred
]
....................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
65
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985)
IV, 691
..................
Rand McNally Atlas (1994)
I-4
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
65
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
The J. Paul Getty Trust
© 2004 J. Paul Getty Trust
Terms of Use
/
Privacy Policy
/
Contact Us
icon to view the hierarchy.
