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ID: 7000453
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7000453
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Safi (inhabited place)  Safi (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 32 17 42 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 32.2940  decimal degrees
Long: 009 13 53 W  degrees minutes   Long: -9.2310  decimal degrees

Note: Inhabited by Carthaginians, Romans, Jews, Goths and Muslims (in 11th century); occupied by Portuguese in 1508; prospered under Sa'dīan sultans in 16th and 17th centuries; exports phosphates; known for medieval and modern architecture, and pottery.

Names:
Safi (preferred,C,V,English-P)
Asf? (C,V)
סאפי (C,U,Hebrew )
Asfi (H,V)  ............ Carthaginian

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Africa (continent)  ....  Africa (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Al Maghrib (nation)  ........  Al Maghrib (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Casablanca-Settat (region (administrative division))  ............  Casablanca-Settat (region (administrative division)) (P)
Hierarchy of Safi (inhabited place)  ................  Safi (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  settled by Canaanites
city (C)
regional capital (C)
port (C)
trade center (C)
craftsman settlement (C)
provincial capital (H)

Sources and Contributors:
סאפי..........  [IMJ]
...........  Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.)
Asfi..........  [VP]
...........  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) X, 297
Asfī..........  [VP]
...........  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 18 December 2018
Safi..........  [IMJ Preferred, VP Preferred]
...........  Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.)
...........  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 18 December 2018
...........  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 166
Subject: .....  [IMJ, VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) X, 297
..................  Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.)
..................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 18 December 2018
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 166
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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