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ID: 7002183
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7002183
Record Type:
administrative
Bassein (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 16 46 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 16.7667
decimal degrees
Long: 094 45 00 E
degrees minutes
Long: 94.7500
decimal degrees
Note:
Located in the Irrawaddy delta, 140 km W of Rangoon; is major transportation center; industries include rice mills & machine shops; occupied by Japanese in WW II; retaken by British May 25, 1945.
Names:
Bassein
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Pathein
(
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
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Asia
(continent) (
P
)
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Myanma
(nation) (
P
)
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Ayeyawady
(region (administrative division)) (
P
)
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Bassein
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
city (
C
)
regional capital (
C
)
port (
C
)
transportation center (
C
)
industrial center (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Bassein..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
23
.................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
192
Pathein..........
[
VP
]
.................
Britannica Book of the Year (1991)
664
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Britannica Book of the Year (1991)
664
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
23
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
192
Note:
English
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[
VP
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