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ID: 1087460
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1087460
Record Type:
administrative
Ghardaïa (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 32 20 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 32.3333
decimal degrees
Long: 002 55 00 E
degrees minutes
Long: 2.9167
decimal degrees
Note:
Founded by fleeing Muslim Khàrijite sectaries who were escaping orthodox Muslims from the N; built around the legendary cave residence of the female saint Daïa; under French occupation 1854; annexed to France 1882; town has an airport.
Names:
Ghardaïa
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Gardaia
(
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Africa
(continent) (
P
)
........
Al-Jazā'ir
(nation) (
P
)
............
Ghardaïa
(province) (
P
)
................
Ghardaïa
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
founded 11th cen.
town (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Gardaia..........
[
VP
]
.................
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
I, 335
.................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
441
Ghardaïa..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.................
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
I, 335
.................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985)
V, 234
.................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
72
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
I, 335
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985)
V, 234
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
72
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
441
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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