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ID: 1057870
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1057870
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Osh (inhabited place)  Osh (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 40 30 54 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 40.5150  decimal degrees
Long: 072 48 30 E  degrees minutes   Long: 72.8080  decimal degrees

Note: Located on the Akbura river, at an altitude of 3,300 feet; mentioned in writings of 9th century; was destroyed by Mongols in 13th cen., but rebuilt; flourished as a vital trading post on the routes to India & China before sea routes came to be used.

Names:
Osh (preferred,C,V,LC,O)
Os (C,V)
Ош (C,V,Russian,U)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Kyrgyzstan (nation)  ........  Kyrgyzstan (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Osh (province)  ............  Osh (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Osh (inhabited place)  ................  Osh (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  first documented in 9th cen.
city (C)
regional capital (C)
industrial center (C)
agricultural center (C)
educational center (C)
religious center (C)  ............  Takh-i-Suleyman (Solomon's Throne), a hill located here, has long been a Muslim place of pilgrimage

Sources and Contributors:
Ош..........  [VP]
...........  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 19 February 2019
Oš..........  [VP Preferred]
...........  Rand McNally Atlas (1989) I-131
Osh..........  [VP]
...........  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VIII, 1025
...........  Library of Congress Name Authority File 84195796, accessed 15 July 2010
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VIII, 1025
..................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 19 February 2019
..................  Rand McNally Atlas (1989) I-131
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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