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ID: 1058633
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1058633
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Karakol (inhabited place)  Karakol (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 42 29 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 42.4833  decimal degrees
Long: 078 24 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 78.4000  decimal degrees

Note: Located at an altitude or 5,807 feet, on the Karakol river; was founded as a Russian military outpost in 19th century; today supports several light industries, including food processing; noted for its theater and museum and for nearby health resorts.

Names:
Karakol (preferred,C,V)
Przhevalskz (C,V)  ............ named for Russian explorer NM Przhevalsky, who died here in 1888
Przeval'sk (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Kyrgyzstan (nation)  ........  Kyrgyzstan (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Ysyk-Köl (province)  ............  Ysyk-Köl (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Karakol (inhabited place)  ................  Karakol (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  founded in 1869
city (C)
regional capital (C)
industrial center (C)
cultural center (C)
educational center (C)
oblast (C)
second level subdivision (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Karakol..........  [VP]
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IX, 754
.................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 19 February 2019
Prževal'sk..........  [VP Preferred]
.......................  Rand McNally Atlas (1989) I-142I-142
Przhevalskz..........  [VP]
.......................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IX, 754
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IX, 754
..................  Rand McNally Atlas (1989) I-142
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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