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ID: 1078997
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1078997
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Bam (inhabited place)  Bam (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 29 06 22 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 29.1060  decimal degrees
Long: 058 21 25 E  degrees minutes   Long: 58.3560  decimal degrees

Note: Town with ancient walled section of the same name dating from 6th-4th centuries BCE, and which was an oasis stop along the Silk Road.

Names:
Bam (preferred,C,V)
بم (C,V,Persian-Farsi,U)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Īrān (nation)  ........  Īrān (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Kermān (province)  ............  Kermān (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Bam (inhabited place)  ................  Bam (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)

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

Sources and Contributors:
بم..........  [VP]
...........  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 23 February 2016
Bam..........  [VP Preferred]
...........  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 23 February 2016
...........  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 20
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 23 February 2016
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 20
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  UNESCO: Silk Road (2016-) accessed 23 February 2016

 

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