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ID: 1060059
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1060059
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Daşoguz (inhabited place)  Daşoguz (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 41 50 11 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 41.8360  decimal degrees
Long: 059 58 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 59.9667  decimal degrees

Note: Located in the west Khorezm oasis, on either side of the Shavat canal; originally a fortress and bazaar, site grew into a town in the 20th century; industrial development took place after the railway was constructed in the 1950s; only city in this region.

Names:
Daşoguz (preferred,C,V)
Dashhowuz (C,V)
Dashhovuse (C,V)
Tashauz (C,O)
Tašauz (C,O)

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

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  town was founded on site of earlier settlement in 1924
city (C)
provincial capital (C)
industrial center (C)
transportation center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Daşoguz..........  [VP]
.................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 25 June 2019
Dashhovuse..........  [VP]
.......................  Britannica Book of the Year (1998) 728
Dashhowuz..........  [VP Preferred]
....................  Facts on File (1999) accessed 01/20/99
....................  Russia, National Geographic (1993) map supplement
Tašauz..........  [VP]
.................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-173
Tashauz..........  [VP]
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) XI, 569
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) plate 43
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 195
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Britannica Book of the Year (1998) 728
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) XI, 569
..................  Facts on File (1999) accessed 01/20/99
..................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-173
..................  Russia, National Geographic (1993) map supplement
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) plate 43
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 195
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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