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ID: 1026889
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1026889
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Kŭrdzhali (inhabited place)  Kŭrdzhali (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 41 39 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 41.6500  decimal degrees
Long: 025 22 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 25.3667  decimal degrees

Note: The town is located on the Arda River in south-central Bulgaria. It has culturally and ethnically a Far Eastern character. It became part of Bulgaria after the Balkan Wars in 1912. Today it is an industrial center with lead and zinc refineries. The 1989 estimated population was 69,000.

Names:
Kŭrdzhali (preferred,C,V)
Kărdzhali (C,V)
Kărdžali (C,V)

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

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)
town (C)
provincial capital (C)
industrial center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Kărdžali..........  [VP]
.................  Rand McNally Atlas (Reprinted 1994) I-84
Kărdzhali..........  [VP]
....................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VII, 41
Kŭrdzhali..........  [VP Preferred]
....................  Britannica Book of the Year (1992) 563
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Britannica Book of the Year (1992) 563
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VII, 41
..................  Rand McNally Atlas (Reprinted 1994) I-84
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014) accessed 30 Oct. 2003

 

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