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ID: 1089785
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1089785
Record Type:
administrative
Desē (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 11 05 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 11.0833
decimal degrees
Long: 039 40 00 E
degrees minutes
Long: 39.6667
decimal degrees
Note:
Located on W escarpment of Great Rift Valley; was long established as market for grains, oilseeds, hides, skins, honey & beeswax; distribution center for imported goods; has artisan industries, flour mills, several churches & a palace.
Names:
Desē
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Dese
(
C
,
V
)
Dase
(
C
,
V
)
Dessye
(
C
,
V
)
Dessie
(
C
,
O
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Hierarchical Position:
World
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Africa
(continent) (
P
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Ityop'iya
(nation) (
P
)
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Āmara
(state) (
P
)
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Desē
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
developed as an early market center
town (
C
)
regional capital (
C
)
commercial center (
C
)
transportation center (
C
)
market center (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Dase..........
[
VP
]
...........
Rand McNally Atlas (Reprinted 1994)
I-44
Dese..........
[
VP
]
...........
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
380
Desē..........
[
VP Preferred
]
...........
Times Atlas of the World (1985)
plate 87
...........
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
55
...........
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
30
Dessie..........
[
VP
]
.................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985)
IV, 30
Dessye..........
[
VP
]
.................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985)
IV, 30
Subject:
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[
VP
]
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Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985)
IV, 30
..................
Rand McNally Atlas (Reprinted 1994)
I-44
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1985)
plate 87
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
55
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
380
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
30
Note:
English
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[
VP
]
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