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ID: 1140220
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1140220
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Shimla (inhabited place)  Shimla (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 31 06 16 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 31.1044  decimal degrees
Long: 077 10 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 77.1666  decimal degrees

Note: Developed by British with land held after Gurkha War; became a popular summer resort due to cool weather and scenic beauty; summer capital of British India 1865-1939; administrative center for Punjab 1947-1953 until completion of Chandīgarh to the SW.

Names:
Shimla (preferred,C,V,English,U)
Simla (C,V)
شملہ (NA,V,Urdu,U)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of India (nation)  ........  India (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Himāchal Pradesh (state)  ............  Himāchal Pradesh (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Shimla (inhabited place)  ................  Shimla (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  established 1819
city (C)
state capital (C)
regional capital (C)

Sources and Contributors:
شملہ..........  [VP]
...........  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Shimla..........  [VP]
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Simla..........  [VP Preferred]
..............  Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) 591
..............  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) X, 819
..............  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
..............  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) 591
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) X, 819
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2111367
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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