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ID: 1087385
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1087385
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Beskra (inhabited place)  Beskra (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 34 51 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 34.8500  decimal degrees
Long: 005 44 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 5.7333  decimal degrees

Note: Located on site of fortified Roman post of Vescera; flourished after being taken by Arabs 9th cen.; semi-autonomous capital of the Zab region 12th cen.; occupied by Turks 1552; French garrison was massacred by Arabs 1844; winter resort with hot springs.

Names:
Beskra (preferred,C,V)  ............ after 1981
Biskra (C,V)
Vescera (H,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Africa (continent)  ....  Africa (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Algeria (nation)  ........  Algeria (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Biskra (province)  ............  Biskra (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Beskra (inhabited place)  ................  Beskra (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  settled since Roman times
town (C)
department capital (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Beskra..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 105
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) II, 241
.................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-18
Biskra..........  [VP]
.................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 105
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) II, 241
Vescera..........  [VP]
.................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 105
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) II, 241
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 105
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) II, 241
..................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-18
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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