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ID: 1084771
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1084771

 

Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Ḥā'il (inhabited place)  Ḥā'il (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 27 31 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 27.5167  decimal degrees
Long: 041 41 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 41.6833  decimal degrees

Note: Located on oasis in N Saudi Arabia, on caravan route between Medina & Iraq; conquered by Ibn Saud in 1921.

Names:
Ḥā'il (preferred,C,V)
Hā'il (C,V)
Hail (C,V)
Hāil (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Saudi Arabia (nation)  ........  Saudi Arabia (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Ḩā’il (province)  ............  Ḩā’il (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Ḥā'il (inhabited place)  ................  Ḥā'il (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  on ancient caravan route
town (C)
provincial capital (C)
oasis (C)
national capital (H)  ............  of independent emirate Jabal Shammar until 1921

Sources and Contributors:
Ḥā'il..........  [VP Preferred]
..............  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Hā'il..........  [VP]
..............  Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) 255
Hail..........  [VP]
...........  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 367
Hāil..........  [VP]
...........  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 78
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) 255
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 367
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 78
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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