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ID: 1086927
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Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Tekirdağ (inhabited place)  Tekirdağ (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 40 58 41 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 40.9780  decimal degrees
Long: 027 30 31 E  degrees minutes   Long: 27.5085  decimal degrees

Note: Situated on Sea of Marmara; important city of Thracian kingdom 1st cen. BC; captured by Ottoman Turks 14th cen.; under occupation of Russia 1877-1878, Bulgaria 1912 & Greece 1920-1922; site of 16th-cen. Rüstem Paşa Cami mosque & Bedesta bazaar.

Names:
Tekirdağ (preferred,C,V,Turkish,U)
Tekfur Dagh (C,V)
Tektur Dagh (C,V)
Bisanthe (H,V)  ............ Greek settlement, 7th cen. BC
Raidestos (H,V)
Rhaedestus (H,V)  ............ renamed as capital of Thrace, 1st cen. BC
Rodosto (H,O)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Türkiye (nation)  ........  Türkiye (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Tekirdağ (province)  ............  Tekirdağ (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Tekirdağ (inhabited place)  ................  Tekirdağ (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  founded by Greeks from Samos, 7th cen. BC
city (C)
provincial capital (C)
market center (C)
regional capital (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Bisanthe..........  [VP]
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) XI, 606
.................  GRI Photo Archive, Authority File (1998) 15531
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Raidestos..........  [VP]
....................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 920
Rhaedestus..........  [VP]
.......................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) XI, 606
.......................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Rodosto..........  [VP]
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) XI, 606
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Tekfur Dagh..........  [VP]
.......................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Tekirdağ..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) XI, 606
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Tektur Dagh..........  [VP]
.......................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 920
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) XI, 606
..................  GRI Photo Archive, Authority File (1998) 15531
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -772857
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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