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ID: 1079361
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1079361
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Zanjān (inhabited place)  Zanjān (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 36 40 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 36.6667  decimal degrees
Long: 048 30 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 48.5000  decimal degrees

Note: Zanjān is the main city in the Zanjān province, settled in a valley. It was destroyed by the Mongols in the 13th century. The city's economy gradually evolved from caravan trade into a major agricultural district, exporting rice and flour among other products.

Names:
Zanjān (preferred,C,V,display,O,Persian-Farsi (transliterated)-P)
Zenjān (C,V)
زنجان (C,U,Persian-Farsi-P)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Īrān (nation)  ........  Īrān (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Zanjān (province)  ............  Zanjān (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Zanjān (inhabited place)  ................  Zanjān (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)
city (C)
provincial capital (C)
trade center (C)
regional capital (C)

Sources and Contributors:
زنجان..........  [VP]
..............  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -3088976
Zanjān..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) XII, 894-895
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -3088976
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 217
Zenjān..........  [VP]
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) XII, 894
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -3088976
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) XII, 894; XII, 894-895
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -3088976
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 217
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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