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ID: 1084782
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1084782
Record Type:
administrative
Aṭ-Ṭā'if (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 21 16 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 21.2667
decimal degrees
Long: 040 25 00 E
degrees minutes
Long: 40.4167
decimal degrees
Note:
Resort spot in W central Saudi Arabia, unofficial seat of government in summer; located at a high altitude on a plateau; occupied by Ottomans until 1916; trade center for fruit & wine.
Names:
Aṭ-Ṭā'if
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
At-Ta'if
(
C
,
V
)
Ţā'if, Aţ
(
C
,
V
)
Taif
(
C
,
V
)
Tayif
(
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Asia
(continent) (
P
)
........
As Suʻūdīyyah
(nation) (
P
)
............
Makkah al Mukarramah
(province) (
P
)
................
Aṭ-Ṭā'if
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
town of Ottoman Empire from 16th cen.
city (
C
)
resort (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Aṭ-Ṭā'if..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.................
NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
At-Ta'if..........
[
VP
]
.................
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
I, 59
Taif..........
[
VP
]
...........
Rand McNally Atlas (1989)
I-173
Ţā'if, Aţ..........
[
VP
]
....................
Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990)
630
Tayif..........
[
VP
]
..............
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
I, 59
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990)
630
..................
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
I, 59
..................
NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................
Rand McNally Atlas (1989)
I-173
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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