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ID: 1087424
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1087424
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Ech Cheliff (inhabited place)  Ech Cheliff (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 36 11 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 36.1833  decimal degrees
Long: 001 21 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 1.3500  decimal degrees

Note: Situated on the Chéliff River; is an important railroad junction halfway between Algeria's capital & Oran; was severely damaged by earthquakes in 1954 & 1980; commercial center for agricultural produce, printing, leather goods & fruit-juice processing.

Names:
Ech Cheliff (preferred,C,V)
ech-Cheliff (C,V)
El-Asnam (H,V)  ............ until 1981
Orléansville (H,V)  ............ until 1964
Castellum Tingitanum (H,V)  ............ ancient Roman settlement

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Africa (continent)  ....  Africa (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Algeria (nation)  ........  Algeria (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Chlef (province)  ............  Chlef (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Ech Cheliff (inhabited place)  ................  Ech Cheliff (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  settled since Roman times; modern town founded 1843
town (C)
department capital (C)
trade center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Castellum Tingitanum..........  [VP]
...................................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) III, 152
Ech Cheliff..........  [VP Preferred]
.......................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) III, 152
.......................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 60
ech-Cheliff..........  [VP]
.......................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) III, 152
El-Asnam..........  [VP]
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) III, 152
Orléansville..........  [VP]
.......................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) III, 152
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) III, 152
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 60
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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