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ID: 1088450
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1088450
Record Type:
administrative
Abéché (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 13 49 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 13.8167
decimal degrees
Long: 020 49 00 E
degrees minutes
Long: 20.8167
decimal degrees
Note:
Ruins of historical capital include former sultan tombs, a palace & mosque remains; is located in a cattle-raising region; maintains a few light industries, including camel-hair blanket manufacturing.
Names:
Abéché
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Abeshr
(
C
,
O
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Africa
(continent) (
P
)
........
Chad
(nation) (
P
)
............
Ouaddaï
(region (administrative division)) (
P
)
................
Abéché
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
town (
C
)
regional capital (
C
)
capital (
H
)
............
of sultanate, 16th cen.-1912
Sources and Contributors:
Abéché..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.................
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
II, 1007
.................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985)
I, 24
.................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
6
Abeshr..........
[
VP
]
.................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
2
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
II, 1007
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985)
I, 24
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
6
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
2
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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