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ID: 1060525
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1060525

 

Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Türkistan (inhabited place)  Türkistan (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 43 17 50 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 43.2970  decimal degrees
Long: 068 15 06 E  degrees minutes   Long: 68.2510  decimal degrees

Note: Ancient city in southern Kazakhstan. An important trading stop along the ancient Silk Road, the city is known for its mausoleum for Sufi mystic Khoja Ahmed Yasawi, built by Tamerlane the Great.

Names:
Türkistan (preferred,C,V)
Turkestan (C,V)
Turkestani (C,V,English,U,A)
Shavgar (H,V)
Yasī (H,V)
Khazret (H,V)
Hazrat (H,V)
Туркестан (C,V,Russian,U)
Түркістан (C,V,Kazakh,U)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Qazaqstan (nation)  ........  Qazaqstan (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Türkistan (province)  ............  Türkistan (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Türkistan (inhabited place)  ................  Türkistan (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)

Related geographic places:
located on ....  Silk Road .......... (road)
..................  (World) [7031416]

Sources and Contributors:
Туркестан..........  [VP]
....................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
Түркістан..........  [VP]
....................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
Hazrat..........  [VP]
.................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2015-) accessed 16 February 2016
Khazret..........  [VP]
.................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2015-) accessed 16 February 2016
Shavgar..........  [VP]
.................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2015-) accessed 16 February 2016
Turkestan..........  [VP Preferred]
....................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 203
Turkestani..........  [VP]
.......................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
Türkistan..........  [VP]
....................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 16 February 2016
Yasī..........  [VP]
...........  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2015-) accessed 16 February 2016
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 16 February 2016
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 203
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2015-) accessed 16 February 2016

 

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