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ID: 6002973
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/6002973
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Har Horin (deserted settlement)  Har Horin (deserted settlement)

Coordinates:
Lat: 47 14 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 47.2330  decimal degrees
Long: 102 50 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 102.8330  decimal degrees

Note: Genghis Khan's capital, from which he and his successors launched invasions of Central Asia and Eastern Europe.

Names:
Har Horin (preferred,C,V)
Holin (C,V)
Karakorum (C,V)
Khara Kurum (C,V)
Khar Khorin (C,V)
Qara Qum (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Mongolia (nation)  ........  Mongolia (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of South Khangai (province)  ............  South Khangai (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Har Horin (deserted settlement)  ................  Har Horin (deserted settlement) (P)

Place Types:
deserted settlement (preferred, C)  ............  during 13th century, capital for Genghis Kahn and his successors
capital (H)
inhabited place (H)

Related geographic places:
capital of ....  Mongol Empire .......... (former nation/state/empire)
..................  (World, Asia) [7024419]

Sources and Contributors:
Har Horin..........  [VP]
....................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 5 June 2017
Holin..........  [VP]
..............  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 5 June 2017
Karakorum..........  [VP Preferred]
....................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 5 June 2017
....................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 96
Khara Kurum..........  [VP]
.......................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 5 June 2017
Khar Khorin..........  [VP]
.......................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 5 June 2017
Qara Qum..........  [VP]
.................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 5 June 2017
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 5 June 2017
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 96
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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