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ID: 1087375
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1087375
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Batna (inhabited place)  Batna (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 35 33 19 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 35.5550  decimal degrees
Long: 006 10 43 E  degrees minutes   Long: 6.1780  decimal degrees

Note: Founded in 1844 as military outpost for France to defend el-Kantara Pass; location was moved E to Râs el-Aïoun in 1848; economy depends upon trade of agricultural & forest products; is a base for tourism to Roman ruins at Timgad & Tazoult-Lambese.

Names:
Batna (preferred,C,V)  ............ since 1849
Nouvelle Lambèse (H,V)  ............ 1848-1849

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 Batna (province)  ............  Batna (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Batna (inhabited place)  ................  Batna (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  city founded 1848
city (C)
department capital (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Batna..........  [VP Preferred]
..............  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) I, 961
..............  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 23
Nouvelle Lambèse..........  [VP]
.............................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) I, 961
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) I, 961
..................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 26 February 2015
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 23
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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