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ID: 1059927
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1059927
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Sumqayıt (inhabited place)  Sumqayıt (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 40 35 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 40.5833  decimal degrees
Long: 049 40 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 49.6667  decimal degrees

Note: Sumqayıt was founded in 1944 as a suburb of Azerbaijan's capital, Baku. Within five years it acheived city status. The city is a major center for production of oil equipment, aluminum, fertilizer, and detergents. Sumqayıt is located at the mouth of the Sumqayit River, on the Caspian Sea.

Names:
Sumqayıt (preferred,C,V,English-P,U,N)
Sumgayit (C,V)
Sumgait (C,V)
Sumqayyt (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Azǝrbaycan (nation)  ........  Azǝrbaycan (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Sumqayıt Şəhəri (special city)  ............  Sumqayıt Şəhəri (special city) (P)
Hierarchy of Sumqayıt (inhabited place)  ................  Sumqayıt (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)

Sources and Contributors:
Sumgait..........  [VP]
.................  Rand McNally Atlas (1989) I-171
Sumgayit..........  [VP]
.................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Sumqayıt..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014) accessed 11 August 2004
.................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (2003-2004) accessed 11 August 2004
.................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994)
Sumqayyt..........  [VP]
.................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014) accessed 11 August 2004
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014) accessed 11 August 2004
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (2003-2004) accessed 11 August 2004
..................  Rand McNally Atlas (1989) I-171
..................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014) accessed 11 August 2004

 

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