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ID: 1087597
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1087597
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Tindouf (inhabited place)  Tindouf (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 27 40 16 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 27.6710  decimal degrees
Long: 008 08 51 W  degrees minutes   Long: -8.1470  decimal degrees

Note: Town developed due to nearby deposits of iron ore; occupies strategic location near Morocco, Mauritania & Western Sahara; many inhabitants are Regeibat nomads; site of the annual Mouggar trade fair.

Names:
Tindouf (preferred,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 Tindouf (province)  ............  Tindouf (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Tindouf (inhabited place)  ................  Tindouf (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)
town (C)
oasis (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Tindouf..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) II, 28 & XI, 787
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 198
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) II, 28 & XI, 787
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 198
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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