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ID: 1074323
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1074323
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Āīzawl (inhabited place)  Āīzawl (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 23 44 12 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 23.7367  decimal degrees
Long: 092 42 53 E  degrees minutes   Long: 92.7146  decimal degrees

Note: Site of armed attack by Mizo National Front members against government offices in 1970s; today is a manufacturing center that produces aluminum utensils, furniture, hand-loomed textiles and baskets.

Names:
Āīzawl (preferred,C,V,English,U)
Aizawl (C,V)
Aijal (NA,V)
Aizal (NA,V)
Aizwal (NA,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Bhārat (nation)  ........  Bhārat (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Mizoram (state)  ............  Mizoram (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Āīzawl (inhabited place)  ................  Āīzawl (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)
town (C)
capital (C)  ............  of union territory, currently
regional capital (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Aijal..........  [VP]
..............  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Aizal..........  [VP]
..............  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Āīzawl..........  [VP]
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) I, 181-182
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Aizawl..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) I, 181-182
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 8
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 538
Aizwal..........  [VP]
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) I, 181-182
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2088317
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 8
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 538
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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