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ID: 1087501
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1087501
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Médéa (inhabited place)  Médéa (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 36 15 51 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 36.2640  decimal degrees
Long: 002 45 14 E  degrees minutes   Long: 2.7530  decimal degrees

Note: Founded in 10th cen. by Yūsuf Buluggin I ibn Zīrī on site of ancient Lambdia; capital of Turkish beylik of Titteri 14th cen.; occupied by Algerian patriot Abdelkader 1835; came under French control 1840; birthplace of French writer Jean Richepin.

Names:
Médéa (preferred,H,V)  ............ until 1981
Lemdiyya (C,V)
Lambdia (H,V)  ............ ancient Roman military post
Medeah (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Africa (continent)  ....  Africa (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Algeria (nation)  ........  Algeria (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Médéa (province)  ............  Médéa (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Médéa (inhabited place)  ................  Médéa (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  founded as a Roman military post
town (C)
department capital (C)
capital (H)  ............  of Titteri 14th cen.

Sources and Contributors:
Lambdia..........  [VP]
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) VII, 260
Lemdiyya..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) VII, 260
.................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-96
Médéa..........  [VP]
..............  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) VII, 260
..............  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014)
..............  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Medeah..........  [VP]
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) VII, 260
..................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-96
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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