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ID: 1087351
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1087351

 

Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Aïn el Beïda (inhabited place)  Aïn el Beïda (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 35 48 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 35.8000  decimal degrees
Long: 007 24 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 7.4000  decimal degrees

Note: Was a Roman center for nearby lead & copper mines; modern town was founded in 19th cen. as a military station for France to control the Harakta Berbers; situated in a grain-producing region; is a major rail junction.

Names:
Aïn el Beïda (preferred,C,V)
Aïn Beïda (C,V)
Daoud (H,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 Oum el Bouaghi (province)  ............  Oum el Bouaghi (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Aïn el Beïda (inhabited place)  ................  Aïn el Beïda (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  was a Roman settlement; modern town was established as two forts in 1848 & 1850
town (C)
trade center (C)
archaeological site (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Aïn Beïda..........  [VP]
....................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) I, 172
Aïn el Beïda..........  [VP Preferred]
.......................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) I, 172
.......................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-3
Daoud..........  [VP]
..............  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) I, 172
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) I, 172
..................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-3
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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