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ID: 1078112
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1078112
Record Type:
administrative
Medan (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 03 35 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 3.5833
decimal degrees
Long: 098 39 00 E
degrees minutes
Long: 98.6500
decimal degrees
Note:
Located on Deli river; was royal residence, still famous for 19th-cen. palace of the Sultan of Deli; produces bricks, tile & machinery; is trade center for agricultural produce.
Names:
Medan
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Asia
(continent) (
P
)
........
Indonesia
(nation) (
P
)
............
Sumatera Utara
(province) (
P
)
................
Medan
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
declared city by Dutch, 1886
city (
C
)
provincial capital (
C
)
municipality (
C
)
............
since 1909
educational center (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Medan..........
[
VP Preferred
]
..............
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
VII, 997-998
..............
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
125
..............
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
541
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
VII, 997-998
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
125
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
541
Note:
English
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[
VP
]
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