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ID: 1087371
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1087371
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Béchar (inhabited place)  Béchar (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 31 37 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 31.6160  decimal degrees
Long: 002 13 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -2.2160  decimal degrees

Note: Formerly a post for the French Foreign Legion; located at junction of trans-Saharan roads; known for leatherwork & jewelry; deposits of bituminous coal are located to the SW at Kenadsa; is terminus of railway running S from Oran; has an airport.

Names:
Béchar (preferred,C,V)
Colomb-Béchar (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Africa (continent)  ....  Africa (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Algeria (nation)  ........  Algeria (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Béchar (province)  ............  Béchar (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Béchar (inhabited place)  ................  Béchar (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)
town (C)
department capital (C)
trade center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Béchar..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) II, 28
.................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 9 March 2015
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 24
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 128
Colomb-Béchar..........  [VP]
..........................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) II, 28
..........................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 128
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) II, 28
..................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 9 March 2015
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 24
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 128
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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