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ID: 1065428
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1065428
Record Type:
administrative
Faīẕābād (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 37 06 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 37.1000
decimal degrees
Long: 070 34 00 E
degrees minutes
Long: 70.5667
decimal degrees
Note:
Located on Kokcha river at altitude of 4,000 feet; was on an ancient strategic trade route; region has been noted for deposits of lapis lazuli since ancient times; visited by Marco Polo on his way to China in 1271.
Names:
Faīẕābād
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Feyẕābād
(
C
,
V
)
Fyzabad
(
C
,
V
)
Faizābād
(
C
,
V
)
Faizabad
(
C
,
V
)
Feyabad
(
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Asia
(continent) (
P
)
........
Afghānestān
(nation) (
P
)
............
Badakhshān
(province) (
P
)
................
Faīẕābād
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
was an ancient site
town (
C
)
provincial capital (
C
)
administrative center (
C
)
cultural center (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Faizābād..........
[
VP
]
.................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
389
Faizabad..........
[
VP
]
.................
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
I, 288
Faīẕābād..........
[
VP
]
.................
NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
accessed 19 August 2014
Feyabad..........
[
VP
]
.................
NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Feyẕābād..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
389
Fyzabad..........
[
VP
]
.................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
389
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
I, 288
..................
NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
389
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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