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ID: 1083268
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1083268
Record Type:
administrative
Birātnagar (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 26 29 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 26.4833
decimal degrees
Long: 087 17 00 E
degrees minutes
Long: 87.2833
decimal degrees
Note:
S Kosi zone; situated on the low, fecund plain Terai; manufacturing includes jute, sugar & cotton; Kosi River project furnishes hydroelectric power for E Nepal; Birātnagar Jute Mills, opened in 1936, is the nation's largest single employer.
Names:
Birātnagar
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Biratnagar
(
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Asia
(continent) (
P
)
........
Nepal
(nation) (
P
)
............
Province Number One
(province) (
P,
U
)
................
Birātnagar
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
town (
C
)
subregional capital (
C
)
industrial center (
C
)
trade center (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Birātnagar..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.......................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
II, 229
.......................
NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Biratnagar..........
[
VP
]
.......................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
28
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
II, 229
..................
NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
28
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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