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ID: 7000487
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7000487
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Massawa (inhabited place)  Massawa (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 15 37 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 15.6167  decimal degrees
Long: 039 28 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 39.4667  decimal degrees

Note: One of world's hottest places; under Ottoman control 1557; became Italian possession 1885; conquered by British 1941; under British rule until 1952; exports agricultural products; industries are saltworks, fish & meat processing & a cement plant.

Names:
Massawa (preferred,C,V)
Mitsiwa (C,V)
Massaua (C,V)
Mesewa (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Africa (continent)  ....  Africa (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Iritriyā (nation)  ........  Iritriyā (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Semēnawī K’eyih Bahrī (region (administrative division))  ............  Semēnawī K’eyih Bahrī (region (administrative division)) (P)
Hierarchy of Massawa (inhabited place)  ................  Massawa (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  settled since 16th cen.
city (C)
regional capital (C)
port (C)
transportation center (C)
trade center (C)
industrial center (C)
tourist center (C)
capital (H)  ............  of Eritrea colony until 1900

Sources and Contributors:
Massaua..........  [VP]
.................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Massawa..........  [VP]
.................  Embassy of Eritrea, Map (1994)
.................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 2 February 2015
Mesewa..........  [VP]
.................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Mitsiwa..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) VIII, 200
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 129
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Embassy of Eritrea, Map (1994)
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) VIII, 200
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 129
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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