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ID: 1087424
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1087424
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Ech Cheliff (inhabited place)  Ech Cheliff (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 36 11 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 36.1833  decimal degrees
Long: 001 21 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 1.3500  decimal degrees

Note: Situated on the Chéliff River; is an important railroad junction halfway between Algeria's capital & Oran; was severely damaged by earthquakes in 1954 & 1980; commercial center for agricultural produce, printing, leather goods & fruit-juice processing.

Names:
Ech Cheliff (preferred,C,V)
ech-Cheliff (C,V)
El-Asnam (H,V)  ............ until 1981
Orléansville (H,V)  ............ until 1964
Castellum Tingitanum (H,V)  ............ ancient Roman settlement

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Africa (continent)  ....  Africa (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Al-Jazā'ir (nation)  ........  Al-Jazā'ir (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Chlef (province)  ............  Chlef (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Ech Cheliff (inhabited place)  ................  Ech Cheliff (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  settled since Roman times; modern town founded 1843
town (C)
department capital (C)
trade center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Castellum Tingitanum..........  [VP]
...................................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) III, 152
Ech Cheliff..........  [VP Preferred]
.......................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) III, 152
.......................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 60
ech-Cheliff..........  [VP]
.......................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) III, 152
El-Asnam..........  [VP]
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) III, 152
Orléansville..........  [VP]
.......................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) III, 152
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) III, 152
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 60
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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