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ID: 8697546
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/8697546
Record Type:
administrative
Umm Qays (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 32 39 10 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 32.6532
decimal degrees
Long: 035 41 02 E
degrees minutes
Long: 35.6841
decimal degrees
Note:
Modern city and the location of ancient Gadara, a member of the ancient group of 10 Greek cities in Palestine, the Decapolis.
Names:
Umm Qays
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Umm Qais
(
C
,
V
)
Gadara
(
H
,
V
)
Gādēr
(
H
,
V
)
Mukes
(
C
,
V
)
Mukus
(
C
,
V
)
Umm Qeis
(
C
,
V
)
Um Qeis
(
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Asia
(continent) (
P
)
........
Al Urdun
(nation) (
P
)
............
Irbid
(governorate) (
P
)
................
Umm Qays
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
archaeological site (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Gadara..........
[
VP
]
.................
NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
accessed 31 May 2015
Gādēr..........
[
VP
]
..............
NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
accessed 31 May 2015
Mukes..........
[
VP
]
..............
NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
accessed 31 May 2015
Mukus..........
[
VP
]
..............
NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
accessed 31 May 2015
Umm Qais..........
[
VP
]
.................
AATA database (1995-)
Umm Qays..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.................
AATA database (1995-)
.................
NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
accessed 31 May 2015
Umm Qeis..........
[
VP
]
.................
NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
accessed 31 May 2015
Um Qeis..........
[
VP
]
.................
NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
accessed 31 May 2015
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
AATA database (1995-)
..................
NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
accessed 31 May 2016
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
..........
Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2015-)
accessed 31 May 2016
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