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ID: 7002242
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7002242
Record Type:
administrative
Zaranj (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 30 58 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 30.9667
decimal degrees
Long: 061 53 00 E
degrees minutes
Long: 61.8833
decimal degrees
Note:
Settlement on Alexander the Great's route; Muslim since 7th cen.; under Abbasid sovereignty late 11th cen.; located on major medieval trade route.
Names:
Zaranj
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Asia
(continent) (
P
)
........
Afghanistan
(nation) (
P
)
............
Nīmrōz
(province) (
P
)
................
Zaranj
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
since at least 4th cen. BC
town (
C
)
provincial capital (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Zaranj..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.................
NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
.................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
1372
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
1372
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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