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ID: 1065288
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1065288
Record Type:
administrative
Veles (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 41 42 54 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 41.7156
decimal degrees
Long: 021 46 30 E
degrees minutes
Long: 21.7756
decimal degrees
Note:
Was a Roman center; noted for Roman and medieval ruins.
Names:
Veles
(
preferred
,
C
,
O
)
Köprülü
(
C
,
O
)
............
Turkish name
Titov Veles
(
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Europe
(continent) (
P
)
........
North Macedonia
(nation) (
P
)
............
Veles
(municipality) (
P
)
................
Veles
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
first mentioned as early as 216 BC
town (
C
)
commercial center (
C
)
............
particularly for silks
Sources and Contributors:
Köprülü..........
[
VP
]
.................
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
II, 936
Titov Veles..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.......................
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
II, 936
.......................
NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
.......................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
1215
Veles..........
[
VP
]
..............
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
II, 936
..............
NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
accessed 31 July 2014
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
II, 936
..................
NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
accessed 31 July 2014
..................
NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
1215
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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