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ID: 1003351 Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1003351			Record Type: administrative

Chita (former administrative division)

Coordinates:
Lat: 52 00 00 N degrees minutes			Lat: 52.0000 decimal degrees
Long: 117 00 00 E degrees minutes			Long: 117.0000 decimal degrees

Note: Populated by mostly Russians, who settled in area in mid-17th century; long used as place of exile for political prisoners; city of Nerchinsk was major trade center with China 1654-1689; southern portion of border in dispute with China. Merged with the Agin-Buryat Autonomous Okrug to become Zabaykal'skiy Kray.

Names:

Chita (preferred,C,V)

Čita (C,V)

Chita oblast (C,O,display)

Hierarchical Position:

World (facet)

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Asia (continent) (P)

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Rossija (nation) (P)

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Chita (former administrative division) (P)

Place Types:

former administrative division (preferred, C)
oblast (H)
first level subdivision (H)

Sources and Contributors:

Chita..........	[VP Preferred]
..............	Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) III, 246
..............	Russia, National Geographic (1993) map supplement

Chita oblast..........	[VP]
.......................	Getty Vocabulary Program rules

Čita..........	[VP]
...........	Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-37

Subject: .....	[VP]
..................	Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) III, 246
..................	Getty Vocabulary Program rules
..................	NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 2 December 2014
..................	Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-37
..................	Russia, National Geographic (1993) map supplement


Note:
English	..........	[VP]
	..........	Getty Vocabulary Program rules

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