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ID: 7032334
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7032334
Record Type:
administrative
M'Zab (area)
Coordinates:
Lat: 32 35 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 32.5830
decimal degrees
Long: 003 20 00 E
degrees minutes
Long: 3.3380
decimal degrees
Note:
Area or valley that surrounds five ancient fortified cities in Algeria, the architecture of which was designed with communal living in mind. The general area is designated by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.
Names:
M'Zab
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Chebka du Mzab
(
C
,
V
)
M'zab Valley
(
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Africa
(continent) (
P
)
........
Algeria
(nation) (
P
)
............
Ghardaia
(province) (
P
)
................
M'Zab
(area) (
P
)
Place Types:
area (
preferred
,
C
)
valley (
C
)
World Heritage Site (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Chebka du Mzab..........
[
VP
]
.............................
NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
accessed 5 January 2008
M'Zab..........
[
VP Preferred
]
..............
NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
accessed 5 January 2008
M'zab Valley..........
[
VP
]
.......................
UNESCO World Heritage Centre [online] (1992-)
accessed 5 January 2008
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
accessed 5 January 2008
..................
UNESCO World Heritage Centre [online] (1992-)
accessed 5 January 2008
Note:
English
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[
VP
]
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