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ID: 1087597
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1087597
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Tindouf (inhabited place)  Tindouf (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 27 40 16 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 27.6710  decimal degrees
Long: 008 08 51 W  degrees minutes   Long: -8.1470  decimal degrees

Note: Town developed due to nearby deposits of iron ore; occupies strategic location near Morocco, Mauritania & Western Sahara; many inhabitants are Regeibat nomads; site of the annual Mouggar trade fair.

Names:
Tindouf (preferred,C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Africa (continent)  ....  Africa (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Al-Jazā'ir (nation)  ........  Al-Jazā'ir (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Tindouf (province)  ............  Tindouf (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Tindouf (inhabited place)  ................  Tindouf (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)
town (C)
oasis (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Tindouf..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) II, 28 & XI, 787
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 198
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) II, 28 & XI, 787
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 198
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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