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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 Algeria (nation)  ........  Algeria (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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