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ID: 1085134
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1085134
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Darʻā (inhabited place)  Darʻā (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 32 37 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 32.6167  decimal degrees
Long: 036 06 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 36.1000  decimal degrees

Note: Captured by Persians in 573; developed in strategic location on routes between Amman, Jerusalem, Haifa and Damascus; was damaged in WW I; today is a garrison town with no local industries; noted for Greco-Roman ruins and 13th-century mosque.

Names:
Darʻā (preferred,C,V)
Derʻā (C,V)
Edrei (H,V,Ancient Greek (transliterated),U,N)  ............ ancient name

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Sūrīyah (nation)  ........  Sūrīyah (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Dar‘ā, Muḩāfaz̧at (governorate)  ............  Dar‘ā, Muḩāfaz̧at (governorate) (P)
Hierarchy of Darʻā (inhabited place)  ................  Darʻā (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  settled since ancient times
town (C)
regional capital (C)
transportation center (C)
market center (C)
fortified settlement (H)

Sources and Contributors:
Darʻā..........  [VP Preferred]
..............  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014) accessed 2 Dec 2002
..............  Times Atlas of the World (1985) plate 34
..............  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 52
..............  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 315
Derʻā..........  [VP]
..............  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) III, 882
..............  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014) accessed 2 Dec 2002
Edrei..........  [VP]
..............  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 226
..............  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) III, 882
..............  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014) accessed 2 Dec 2002
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 226
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) III, 882
..................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014) accessed 2 Dec 2002
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1985) plate 34
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 52
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 315
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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