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ID: 7004337
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7004337

 

Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Al Ḩudaydah (inhabited place)  Al Ḩudaydah (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 14 48 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 14.8000  decimal degrees
Long: 042 57 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 42.9500  decimal degrees

Note: Located on the Red Sea; was on medieval trade routes; developed by Turks as major port for the city of San'a; rebuilt by USSR after disastrous fire in June 1961; exports dates and coffee.

Names:
Al Ḩudaydah (preferred,C,V)
Al-Ḥudaydah (C,V)
Al Hudaydah (C,V)
Al-Hudaydah (C,V)
Hodeida (C,O)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Al Yaman (nation)  ........  Al Yaman (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Al Ḩudaydah (governorate)  ............  Al Ḩudaydah (governorate) (P)
Hierarchy of Al Ḩudaydah (inhabited place)  ................  Al Ḩudaydah (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  mediaeval trade post, developed by Turks in 19th cen.
town (C)
regional capital (C)
port (C)
industrial center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Al-Ḥudaydah..........  [VP Preferred]
.......................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Al Hudaydah..........  [VP]
.......................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 336
Al-Hudaydah..........  [VP]
.......................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 507
Al Ḩudaydah..........  [VP]
.......................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 8 September 2014
Hodeida..........  [VP]
.................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 393
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 393
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 336
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 507
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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