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ID: 1066262
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1066262

 

Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Sagaing (inhabited place)  Sagaing (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 21 55 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 21.9167  decimal degrees
Long: 095 56 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 95.9333  decimal degrees

Note: Located on Irrawaddy River, 16 km SW of Mandalay; terminus of railway to Myitkyina; port of call for river steamers; trade center for cottom, sesame & fruit.

Names:
Sagaing (preferred,C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Myanmar (nation)  ........  Myanmar (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Sagaing (region (administrative division))  ............  Sagaing (region (administrative division)) (P)
Hierarchy of Sagaing (inhabited place)  ................  Sagaing (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)
town (C)
regional capital (C)
port (C)
national capital (H)  ............  of Shan kingdom, 14th cen.; of Burma, 18th cen.

Sources and Contributors:
Sagaing..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) 552
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 169
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 1042
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) 552
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 169
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 1042
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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