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ID: 1079400
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Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of An-Nāṣirīyah (inhabited place)  An-Nāṣirīyah (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 31 02 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 31.0333  decimal degrees
Long: 046 16 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 46.2667  decimal degrees

Note: Noted for sun-dried brick buildings, enclosed by a mud wall; industries include boatbuilding, carpentry & silverworking; captured by British from Ottomans in 1915 during World War I; is located near ruins of ancient Ur.

Names:
An-Nāṣirīyah (preferred,C,V)
An Nasiriya (C,O)
Nasiriya (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Al-ʻIrāq (nation)  ........  Al-ʻIrāq (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Dhī Qār (governorate)  ............  Dhī Qār (governorate) (P)
Hierarchy of An-Nāṣirīyah (inhabited place)  ................  An-Nāṣirīyah (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  founded 1870
town (C)
regional capital (C)
market center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
An Nasiriya..........  [VP]
.......................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 54
An-Nāṣirīyah..........  [VP Preferred]
.......................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VIII, 523
Nasiriya..........  [VP]
.................  War on Iraq [maps]. CNN (2003)
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VIII, 523
..................  War on Iraq [maps]. CNN (2003)
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 54
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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