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ID: 7000641
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7000641
Record Type:
administrative
Al Khums (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 32 38 55 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 32.6480
decimal degrees
Long: 014 15 43 E
degrees minutes
Long: 14.2610
decimal degrees
Note:
Seaport near important ancient site of Labdah (Leptis Magna); produces cement.
Names:
Al Khums
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Al-Khums
(
C
,
V
)
Khums
(
C
,
V
)
Homs
(
C
,
V
)
Khoms
(
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Africa
(continent) (
P
)
........
Lībiyā
(nation) (
P
)
............
Al Marqab
(national district) (
P
)
................
Al Khums
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
town (
C
)
provincial capital (
C
)
port (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Al-Khums..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.................
Rand McNally Atlas (1989)
I-5
Al Khums..........
[
VP
]
.................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
10
Homs..........
[
GRLPSC
,
VP
]
...........
Dunbabin, Roman African Mosaics (1978)
264
...........
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
510
Khoms..........
[
VP
]
..............
ARLIS/NA: Ancient Site Names (1995)
Khums..........
[
GRLPSC
]
..............
USBGN: Libya (1973)
Subject:
.....
[
GRLPSC
,
VP
]
..................
ARLIS/NA: Ancient Site Names (1995)
..................
Dunbabin, Roman African Mosaics (1978)
264
..................
NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
accessed 25 July 2016
..................
Rand McNally Atlas (1989)
I-5
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
10
..................
USBGN: Libya (1973)
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
510
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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