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ID: 1081996
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1081996

 

Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Kaesŏng-si (former administrative division)  Kaesŏng-si (former administrative division)

Coordinates:
Lat: 38 00 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 38.0000  decimal degrees
Long: 126 37 59 E  degrees minutes   Long: 126.6330  decimal degrees

Note: Formerly designated as an administrative "special city" of North Korea.

Names:
Kaesŏng-si (preferred,C,V,O,Korean-P)
Kaes?ng (C,V)
Kaesong (C,V)
Kaesŏng-chigu (C,U)
Kaesŏng District (C,U)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of North Korea (nation)  ........  North Korea (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Kaesŏng-si (former administrative division)  ............  Kaesŏng-si (former administrative division) (P)

Additional Parents:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of North Korea (nation)  ........  North Korea (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of North Hwanghae (province)  ............  North Hwanghae (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Kaesŏng-si (former administrative division)  ................  Kaesŏng-si (former administrative division) (P)

Place Types:
former administrative division (preferred, C)
first level subdivision (H)

Sources and Contributors:
Kaesong..........  [VP]
.................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 346
Kaesŏng..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Britannica Book of the Year (1993) 644
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -176882
.................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-82
Kaesŏng-chigu..........  [VP]
..........................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -176882
Kaesŏng District..........  [VP]
.............................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -176882
Kaesŏng-si..........  [VP]
.......................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 19 February 2019
.......................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -176882
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Britannica Book of the Year (1993) 644
..................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 19 February 2019
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -176882
..................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-82
..................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 346
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Getty Vocabulary Program rules

 

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