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ID: 7014773
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7014773
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Shymkent (inhabited place)  Shymkent (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 42 18 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 42.3000  decimal degrees
Long: 069 36 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 69.6000  decimal degrees

Note: Nation's third largest city; former settlement on caravan route from Central Asia to China; part of khanate of Kokand early 19th century; taken by Russians 1864; site of research institutes for cement and Karakul breeding; has Kazakh and Russian theaters.

Names:
Shymkent (preferred,C,V)
Čimkent (C,V)
Chimkent (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Qazaqstan (nation)  ........  Qazaqstan (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Shymkent (special city)  ............  Shymkent (special city) (P)
Hierarchy of Shymkent (inhabited place)  ................  Shymkent (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  dates from 12th cen.
city (C)
industrial center (C)
regional capital (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Chimkent..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) III, 216
Čimkent..........  [VP]
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) III, 216
Shymkent..........  [VP]
.................  CIA, World Fact Book (1996) accessed 02/10/99
.................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  CIA, World Fact Book (1996) accessed 02/10/99
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) III, 216
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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