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ID: 7001019
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7001019
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of La Goulette (inhabited place)  La Goulette (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 36 52 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 36.8667  decimal degrees
Long: 010 18 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 10.3000  decimal degrees

Note: Joined with the nation's capital by a canal; harbor complex exports phosphates, iron ore, fruits & vegetables & handles most of the country's imports; site of several large plants for thermal electricity; Hispano-Turkish fortification ruins lie nearby.

Names:
La Goulette (preferred,C,V)
Halq al-Wadi (C,V)
Halq al-Wādī (C,V)
La Goletta (C,O)
Goletta (C,O)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Africa (continent)  ....  Africa (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Tūnis (nation)  ........  Tūnis (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Tunis (governorate)  ............  Tunis (governorate) (P)
Hierarchy of La Goulette (inhabited place)  ................  La Goulette (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)
town (C)
port (C)
resort (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Goletta..........  [VP]
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 483
Halq al-Wadi..........  [VP]
.......................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 483
Halq al-Wādī..........  [VP]
.......................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) V, 649
La Goletta..........  [VP]
.......................  Times Atlas of World History (1989) 347
La Goulette..........  [VP Preferred]
.......................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) V, 649
.......................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 106
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) V, 649
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 106
..................  Times Atlas of World History (1989) 347
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 483
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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