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ID: 1057265
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1057265
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Nakhichevan (inhabited place)  Nakhichevan (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 39 12 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 39.2000  decimal degrees
Long: 045 24 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 45.4000  decimal degrees

Note: Capital of the Naxçıvan autonomous republic, the city dates to ca. 1500 BCE, and is located along the Nakhichevan River, approximately 170 miles south-southeast of Tbilisi. Industries include furniture, leather & building materials. The city is also noted for a museum and an agricultural college.

Names:
Naxçıvan (preferred,C,V)
Nakhichevan (C,V,display,English-P,U,N)
Nachičevan (C,V)
Nachičhevan' (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Azerbaijan (nation)  ........  Azerbaijan (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Naxçıvan Şəhəri (special city)  ............  Naxçıvan Şəhəri (special city) (P)
Hierarchy of Nakhichevan (inhabited place)  ................  Nakhichevan (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  dates from ca. 1500 BC
city (C)
regional capital (C)  ............  since 1924
capital (H)  ............  of Nakhichevan khanate until 1828

Sources and Contributors:
Nachičevan..........  [VP]
.......................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VIII, 490
Nachičhevan'..........  [VP]
.......................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998) I-120
Nakhichevan..........  [VP Preferred]
.......................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VIII, 490
.......................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Naxçıvan..........  [VP]
.................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 11 September 2014
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VIII, 490
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998) I-120
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014) accessed 10 August 2004

 

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