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ID: 1087545
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1087545
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Saïda (inhabited place)  Saïda (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 34 50 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 34.8333  decimal degrees
Long: 000 10 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 0.1667  decimal degrees

Note: Formerly a stronghold of Algerian patriot Abdelkader, who burned the town as French troops approached 1844; modern Saïda established as military outpost for France mid-19th cen.; is trade center for sheep, wool & cereals; known for mineral waters.

Names:
Saïda (preferred,C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Africa (continent)  ....  Africa (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Al-Jazā'ir (nation)  ........  Al-Jazā'ir (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Saïda (province)  ............  Saïda (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Saïda (inhabited place)  ................  Saïda (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  modern town founded 1854, incorporated 1862
town (C)
department capital (C)
trade center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Saïda..........  [VP Preferred]
..............  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) X, 304
..............  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 169
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) X, 304
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 169
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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