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ID: 7002733
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7002733

 

Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Achaea (regional division)  Achaea (regional division)

Coordinates:
Lat: 38 15 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 38.2500  decimal degrees
Long: 021 45 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 21.7500  decimal degrees

Note: Note that this and other historical departments (prefectures) were abolished with the Kallikratis reform in 2010, although they have been largely replaced by comparable regional units. On the north coast of the Peloponnese, south of the Gulf of Corinth; approximately coextensive with ancient historical region of the same name.

Names:
Achaḯa (preferred,NA,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
Achaḯa regional division (C,O,display)
Achaia (C,O)
Achaea (C,O,English-P,U,N)
Akhaïa (C,V)
Akhaḯa (NA,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
Nomós Achaḯas (NA,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
Akhaḯas, Nomós (NA,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
Nomós Akhaḯas (NA,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
Achaḯas, Nomós (NA,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
GR38 (NA,V,FIPS)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Greece (nation)  ........  Greece (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Region of Western Greece (region (administrative division))  ............  Region of Western Greece (region (administrative division)) (P,U)
Hierarchy of Achaea (regional division)  ................  Achaea (regional division) (P)

Place Types:
regional division (preferred, C)
second level subdivision (C)
department (C)

Related geographic places:
coextensive with ....  Achaea .......... (general region)
..............................  (World, Europe, Greece, Pelopónnisos region) [7593166]
distinguished from ....  Achaea .......... (general region)
..................................  (World, Europe, Greece, Pelopónnisos region) [7593166]

Sources and Contributors:
Achaea..........  [GRLPSC, VP]
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
Achaia..........  [GRLPSC]
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
Achaḯa..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Achaḯa regional division..........  [VP]
.........................................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
Achaḯas, Nomós..........  [VP]
.............................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Akhaïa..........  [VP]
.................  Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) 241
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 8
Akhaḯa..........  [VP]
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Akhaḯas, Nomós..........  [VP]
.............................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
GR38..........  [VP]
...........  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Nomós Achaḯas..........  [VP]
..........................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Nomós Akhaḯas..........  [VP]
..........................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Subject: .....  [GRLPSC, VP]
..................  Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) 241
..................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -813444
..................  Orbis Latinus (1971) 3
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 8
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 5

 

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