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ID: 7000269
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7000269

 

Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Umm al Qaywayn (emirate)  Umm al Qaywayn (emirate)

Coordinates:
Lat: 25 30 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 25.5000  decimal degrees
Long: 055 45 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 55.7500  decimal degrees

Note: Second smallest (770 square km) and least populous of the United Arab Emirates; oasis of Falaj al-Mu'allå is site of date palm plantations and emir's summer palace; rest of state is mostly uninhabited desert.

Names:
Umm al Qaywayn (preferred,C,V)
Imārat Umm al Qaywayn (C,U,O,Arabic (transliterated)-P)
Umm al-Qaywayn (C,V)
Umm al-Qaiwain (C,V)
أم القيوين (C,V,Arabic)
AE07 (C,U,FIPS)
Skeikhdom of Umm al Qaiwain (C,U)
Umm al Qawain (C,U)
Umm al Qiwain (C,U)
Umm Al Quwain (C,U)
إمارة أم القيوين (C,U,Arabic-P)
Oumm al Qaïwaïn (C,U,French)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Al Imārāt (nation)  ........  Al Imārāt (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Umm al Qaywayn (emirate)  ............  Umm al Qaywayn (emirate) (P)

Place Types:
emirate (preferred, C)
first level subdivision (C)

Sources and Contributors:
أم القيوين..........  [VP]
.......................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 290595
.......................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 26 August 2014
إمارة أم القيوين..........  [VP]
.............................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -784509
AE07..........  [VP]
...........  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Imārat Umm al Qaywayn..........  [VP]
......................................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -784509
Oumm al Qaïwaïn..........  [VP]
.............................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 290595
Skeikhdom of Umm al Qaiwain..........  [VP]
...............................................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 290595
...............................................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -784509
Umm al-Qaiwain..........  [VP]
.............................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) XII, 123
.............................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 1246
Umm al Qawain..........  [VP]
..........................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 290595
..........................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -784509
Umm al-Qaywayn..........  [VP Preferred]
.............................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Umm al Qaywayn..........  [VP]
.............................  Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) 674
.............................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 290595
.............................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 26 August 2014
Umm al Qiwain..........  [VP]
..........................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 290595
..........................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -784509
Umm Al Quwain..........  [VP]
..........................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 290595
..........................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -784509
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) 674
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) XII, 123
..................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 290595
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -784509
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 1246
..................  Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umm_al-Quwain
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
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