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ID: 1081893
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1081893
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Jarash (inhabited place)  Jarash (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 32 16 51 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 32.2800  decimal degrees
Long: 035 53 57 E  degrees minutes   Long: 35.8980  decimal degrees

Note: Modern town situated immediately adjacent to ancient site of Gerasa. When the ancient site was excavated in the early 19th century, the adjacent modern community was developed by inhabitants of nearby older villages.

Names:
Jarash (preferred,C,V)
Djerash (C,V)
Jerasa (C,V)
Jerash (C,V)
Gerasa (C,V,S)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Jordan (nation)  ........  Jordan (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Jarash (governorate)  ............  Jarash (governorate) (P)
Hierarchy of Jarash (inhabited place)  ................  Jarash (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)
town (C)

Related geographic places:
near/adjacent to ....  Gerasa .......... (deserted settlement)
..............................  (World, Asia, Jordan, Jarash) [7002404]

Sources and Contributors:
Djerash..........  [VP]
.................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 25 October 2011
Gerasa..........  [VP]
.................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 25 October 2011
.................  Times Atlas of World History (1989)
Jarash..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 25 October 2011
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 90
Jerasa..........  [VP]
.................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 25 October 2011
Jerash..........  [VP]
.................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 25 October 2011
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 90
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Times Atlas of World History (1989)

 

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