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ID: 1092713
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1092713
Record Type:
administrative
Hargeysa (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 09 31 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 9.5167
decimal degrees
Long: 044 02 00 E
degrees minutes
Long: 44.0333
decimal degrees
Note:
Controlled by Egypt 1870-1884; is an important watering place & trading center; nomadic livestock herders make up the main population group; exports meat, hides & ghee through the town of Berbera; imports consumer items such as sugar & tea.
Names:
Hargeysa
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Hargeisa
(
C
,
V
)
Harghessa
(
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Africa
(continent) (
P
)
........
Soomaaliya
(nation) (
P
)
............
Woqooyi Galbeed
(region (administrative division)) (
P
)
................
Hargeysa
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
town (
C
)
regional capital (
C
)
national capital (
H
)
............
of British Somaliland, 1941
Sources and Contributors:
Hargeisa..........
[
VP
]
.................
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
I, 376
.................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985)
V, 704
Hargeysa..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.................
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
I, 376
.................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985)
V, 704
.................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
81
Harghessa..........
[
VP
]
....................
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
I, 376
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
I, 376
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985)
V, 704
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
81
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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