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ID: 1026958
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1026958
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Smolyan (inhabited place)  Smolyan (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 41 34 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 41.5667  decimal degrees
Long: 024 42 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 24.7000  decimal degrees

Note: Smolyan, located on the Cherna River in the southeastern Rhodope Mountains in southern Bulgaria is, at 3300 feet above sea level, the highest urban area in Bulgaria. It serves a hinterland having timber, mining, and agricultural. Tourism is also important, as the town is noted for its beautiful natural setting.

Names:
Smolyan (preferred,C,V,Bulgarian,U,N)
Smoljan (C,V)
Pashmakli (H,V)  ............ name used before 1934

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Bulgaria (nation)  ........  Bulgaria (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Smolyan (province)  ............  Smolyan (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Smolyan (inhabited place)  ................  Smolyan (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)
town (C)
provincial capital (C)
agricultural center (C)
timber center (C)
mining center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Pashmakli..........  [VP]
....................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) X, 903-904
Smoljan..........  [VP]
.................  Rand McNally Atlas (Reprinted 1994) I-164
Smolyan..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Britannica Book of the Year (1992) 563
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 185
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Britannica Book of the Year (1992) 563
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) X, 903-904
..................  Rand McNally Atlas (Reprinted 1994) I-164
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 185
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014) accessed 14 Nov. 2003

 

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