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ID: 1085141
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1085141
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Dayr az-Zawr (inhabited place)  Dayr az-Zawr (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 35 20 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 35.3333  decimal degrees
Long: 040 08 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 40.1333  decimal degrees

Note: Town on right bank of Euphrates river, important governmental & administrative center under Ottomans; occupied by British 1918; taken by Fayṣal I 1920; occupied by French 1921; captured by British 1941; became part of Republic of Syria in 1946.

Names:
Dayr az-Zawr (preferred,C,V)
Dayr-az-Zawr (C,V)
Dier-ez-Zor (C,O)
Deir Ez-Zor (C,O)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Sūrīyah (nation)  ........  Sūrīyah (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Dayr az Zawr (governorate)  ............  Dayr az Zawr (governorate) (P)
Hierarchy of Dayr az-Zawr (inhabited place)  ................  Dayr az-Zawr (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  present town built by Ottoman Turks 1867 to curb nomads of the Euprhates region; ruins of ancient city Azaura lie SE
town (C)
regional capital (C)
trade center (C)
educational center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Dayr az-Zawr..........  [VP Preferred]
.......................  Times Atlas of the World (1985) plate 34
.......................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 53
Dayr-az-Zawr..........  [VP]
.......................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 321
Deir Ez-Zor..........  [VP]
.......................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) III, 925
Dier-ez-Zor..........  [VP]
.......................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 321
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) III, 925
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1985) plate 34
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 53
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 321
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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