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ID: 7016612
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7016612
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Afghanistan (nation)  Afghanistan (nation)

Coordinates:
Lat: 33 00 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 33.0000  decimal degrees
Long: 065 00 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 65.0000  decimal degrees

Note: The area was originally part of Persian and Alexander's empires. It became part of the Turkoman dynasty in the 10th century, the Mongol Empire ca. 1400, and the Mogul Empire in late 15th century. The area formed a separate unit in the mid-18th century and was the nucleus of the Afghan Empire. Britain fought Persia and Russia for the area throughout the 19th century. Official languages are Pashto and Dari Persian, though Russian, English, French and German are also spoken. It is often considered both a part of South Asia, and geopolitically, part of Central Asia.

Names:
Afghānestān (preferred,C,V,Dari (transliterated)-P,U)
Jomhūrī-ye Eslāmī-ye Afghānestān (C,V,O,Dari (transliterated),U)
Afghānistān (C,V,Pashto (transliterated)-P,U,N)
Afghānistān (Persian, Middle,U,N)
De Afgānistān Islāmī Jomhoriyat (C,V,O,Pashto (transliterated),U,N)
Afghanistan (C,O,English-P,U,N)
Afghanistan (French-P,U,N)
Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (C,V,English,U,N)
Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of (C,V,English,U,N)
Afghānistān, Jamhūrī-ye Islāmī-ye (C,V,Persian, Middle-P,U,N)
Dê Afghānistān Islāmī Jumhūriyat (C,V,Pashto (transliterated),U,N)
Jomhūrī-ye Eslāmī-ye Afgānistān (C,V,Persian, Middle,U,N)
Afganistán (C,O,Spanish-P,U,N)
A-fu-han (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U,N)
Afeganistão (C,O,Portuguese-P,U,N)
République islamique d'Afghanistan (C,O,French,U)
República Islámica del Afganistán (C,O,Spanish,U)
أَفْغَاوِسْ خَان (C,V,Arabic,U)
أَفْغَاوِسْ خَان (Pashto,U)
أَفْغَاوِسْ خَان (Dari,U)
جُْهمورِئ إِسْلامِئ أَفْغَاوِسْ خَان (C,V,Dari,U)
دِ أَفْغَاوِسْ خَان إِسْلامِی م جُْهمورِتًَ (C,V,Pashto,U)
Афганистан (C,V,Russian-P,U)
Исламская Республика Афганистан (C,V,Russian,U)
阿富汗 (C,V,Chinese-P,U)
阿富汗伊斯兰共和国 (C,V,Chinese,U)
جُْهمورِ ةًَ أَفْغَاوِسْ خَان اَلإسْلامِ ةَِ (C,V,Arabic,U)
AFG (C,O,ISO3L)
AF (C,O,ISO2L)
ISO004 (C,O,ISO3N)
AF00 (C,O,FIPS)
Afghan (C,O,English,U,A)
אפגניסתאן (C,U,Hebrew )
Da Afghānestān Jamhawrīyat (H,V)
De Afghanistan Jamhuriat (H,V)
Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (H,O)
État islamique d'Afghanistan (H,O,French,U,N)  ............ 1992-2002
Islamic State of Afghanistan (H,O,English,U,N)  ............ 1992-2002
Jomhūrī-ye Afghānestān (H,V)
Republic of Afghanistan (H,O)
République démocratique d'Afghanistan (H,O)
Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan, The (H,O,English,U,N)  ............ 2002-2004

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Afghanistan (nation)  ........  Afghanistan (nation) (P)

Additional Parents:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of India (subcontinent)  ........  India (subcontinent) (P)
Hierarchy of Afghanistan (nation)  ............  Afghanistan (nation)
 
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Russian Central Asia (former administrative division)  ........  Russian Central Asia (former administrative division) (P)
Hierarchy of Afghanistan (nation)  ............  Afghanistan (nation)
 
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Graeco-Bactrian Kingdom (former nation/state/empire)  ........  Graeco-Bactrian Kingdom (former nation/state/empire) (P,H)
Hierarchy of Afghanistan (nation)  ............  Afghanistan (nation)
 
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Achaemenid Empire (former nation/state/empire)  ........  Achaemenid Empire (former nation/state/empire) (P,H)
Hierarchy of Afghanistan (nation)  ............  Afghanistan (nation) (P,C) 612-330 BCE

Place Types:
nation (preferred, C)  ............  recognized by Britain in 1919
primary political unit (C)
independent sovereign nation (C)
republic (C)  ............  proclaimed July 17, 1973
constitutional monarchy (H)
province (H)  ............  7th-4th cen. BC
inhabited place (C)

Related geographic places:
capital is ....  Kabul .......... (inhabited place)
..................  (World, Asia, Afghanistan, Kābul) [7002278]
member of ....  United Nations .......... (organization)
................  (World) [7029605]
................  joined organization in 1946

Sources and Contributors:
أَفْغَاوِسْ خَان..........  [VP]
.............................  UNGEGN Working Paper 54 (2011)
جُْهمورِئ إِسْلامِئ أَفْغَاوِسْ خَان..........  [VP]
...........................................................  UNGEGN Working Paper 54 (2011)
دِ أَفْغَاوِسْ خَان إِسْلامِی م جُْهمورِتًَ..........  [VP]
.......................................................................  UNGEGN Working Paper 54 (2011)
Афганистан..........  [VP]
.......................  UNGEGN Working Paper 54 (2011) accessed 18 July 2013
Исламская Республика Афганистан..........  [VP]
.....................................................  UNGEGN Working Paper 54 (2011) accessed 18 July 2013
阿富汗..........  [VP]
...........  UNGEGN Working Paper 54 (2011) accessed 19 July 2013
阿富汗伊斯兰共和国..........  [VP]
....................  UNGEGN Working Paper 54 (2011) accessed 19 July 2013
جُْهمورِ ةًَ أَفْغَاوِسْ خَان اَلإسْلامِ ةَِ..........  [VP]
.......................................................................  UNGEGN Working Paper 54 (2011) accessed 18 July 2013
אפגניסתאן..........  [IMJ]
....................  Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.)
AF..........  [VP]
...........  ISO Country Codes (1996) 11
AF00..........  [VP]
...........  NIMA, GNS ADM1 Codes (1999) accessed 01/20/99
Afeganistão..........  [VP]
.......................  Rand McNally Atlas (1986) I-30
AFG..........  [VP]
...........  ISO Handbook (1988) 763
Afganistán..........  [FDA, VP]
.......................  UN Terminology Bulletin 345 (1993) 36
Afghan..........  [VP]
.................  UN Terminology Bulletin 347 (1997) 1
Afghānestān..........  [VP Preferred]
.......................  National Gallery of Art database, Washington (1987-)
.......................  Rand McNally Atlas (1989) 343
.......................  Shanks, International Atlas (1991) 1
.......................  UNGEGN Working Paper 54 (2011) accessed 18 July 2013
Afghanistan..........  [BHA, IMJ Preferred, VP]
.......................  Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.)
.......................  Petit Robert II, Noms (1989)
.......................  Times Concise Atlas of the World (1995) I-1
.......................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 10
Afghānistān..........  [VP]
.......................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014)
.......................  UNGEGN Working Paper 54 (2011) accessed 18 July 2013
Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of..........  [VP]
.....................................................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 9 June 2009
Afghānistān, Jamhūrī-ye Islāmī-ye..........  [VP]
........................................................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 9 June 2009
A-fu-han..........  [VP]
.................  Library of Congress Name Authority File NAFL79063030, accessed 9 June 2009
Da Afghānestān Jamhawrīyat..........  [VP]
...............................................  Britannica Book of the Year (1991) 538
...............................................  Britannica Book of the Year (1993) 546
De Afgānistān Islāmī Jomhoriyat..........  [VP]
.....................................................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014)
Dê Afghānistān Islāmī Jumhūriyat..........  [VP]
.....................................................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 9 June 2009
De Afghanistan Jamhuriat..........  [VP]
.........................................  Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) 5 ff.
Democratic Republic of Afghanistan..........  [VP]
...........................................................  ISO Handbook (1988) 763
État islamique d'Afghanistan..........  [VP]
...............................................  ISO Newsletter (1993) 1993-07-16, III-58
Islamic Republic of Afghanistan..........  [VP]
.....................................................  CIA, World Fact Book (2006-) accessed 9 June 2009
Islamic State of Afghanistan..........  [VP]
...............................................  Britannica Book of the Year (1994) 546
...............................................  UN Terminology Bulletin 345 (1993) 36
ISO004..........  [VP]
.................  ISO Country Codes (1996) 11
Jomhūrī-ye Afghānestān..........  [VP]
.........................................  Britannica Book of the Year (1991) 538
Jomhūrī-ye Eslāmī-ye Afgānistān..........  [VP]
.....................................................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014)
Jomhūrī-ye Eslāmī-ye Afghānestān..........  [VP]
.....................................................  UNGEGN Working Paper 54 (2011)
República Islámica del Afganistán..........  [VP]
........................................................  UNGEGN Working Paper 54 (2011) accessed 18 July 2013
Republic of Afghanistan..........  [VP]
.........................................  Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) 5 ff.
.........................................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
République démocratique d'Afghanistan..........  [VP]
..............................................................  ISO Handbook (1988) 775
République islamique d'Afghanistan..........  [VP]
...........................................................  UNGEGN Working Paper 54 (2011) accessed 18 July 2013
Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan, The..........  [VP]
.............................................................................  ISO Newsletter V-10 (2004) accessed 25 September 2007
Subject: .....  [BHA, FDA, IMJ, VP]
..................  Britannica Book of the Year (1991) 538
..................  Britannica Book of the Year (1993) 546
..................  Britannica Book of the Year (1994) 546
..................  Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) 5 ff.
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 9-10
..................  ISO Country Codes (1996) 11
..................  ISO Handbook (1988) 763; 775
..................  ISO Newsletter (1993) 1993-07-16, III-58
..................  ISO Newsletter V-10 (2004) accessed 25 September 2007
..................  Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.)
..................  National Gallery of Art database, Washington (1987-)
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................  NIMA, GNS ADM1 Codes (1999) accessed 01/20/99
..................  Petit Robert II, Noms (1989)
..................  Rand McNally Atlas (1986) I-30
..................  Rand McNally Atlas (1989) 343
..................  Shanks, International Atlas (1991) 1
..................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 337; 357
..................  Times Concise Atlas of the World (1995) I-1
..................  UN Terminology Bulletin 345 (1993) 36
..................  UN Terminology Bulletin 347 (1997) 1
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 10
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Getty Vocabulary Program rules

 

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