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ID: 1087602
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1087602
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Tizi-Ouzou (inhabited place)  Tizi-Ouzou (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 36 44 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 36.7333  decimal degrees
Long: 004 05 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 4.0833  decimal degrees

Note: Originally built by Turks; was enlarged by French; named after the flowering broom plant ("ouzou") found in the pass ("tizi") that joins valleys of the Oued Tizi Ouzou & Oued Sébaou; processing center for olives, figs & grapes; known for basketry.

Names:
Tizi-Ouzou (preferred,C,V)
Tizi Ouzou (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Africa (continent)  ....  Africa (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Al-Jazā'ir (nation)  ........  Al-Jazā'ir (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Tizi Ouzou (province)  ............  Tizi Ouzou (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Tizi-Ouzou (inhabited place)  ................  Tizi-Ouzou (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)
town (C)
department capital (C)
trade center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Tizi-Ouzou..........  [VP Preferred]
.......................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) XI, 807
.......................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 198
Tizi Ouzou..........  [VP]
.......................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) XI, 807
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) XI, 807
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 198
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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