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ID: 7001560 Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7001560			Record Type: administrative

Lahore (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 31 32 59 N degrees minutes			Lat: 31.5497 decimal degrees
Long: 074 20 37 E degrees minutes			Long: 74.3436 decimal degrees

Note: Second largest city; communications center and cultural capital of Pakistan; city ancient but not prominent until 11th century; flourished under Sikh rule 18th century; conquered by British mid-19th century; nearby Gardens of Shalimar, monument to Mogul Emperors.

Names:

Lahore (preferred,C,V,English,U)

Lahor (C,V)

Lāhaur (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:

World (facet)

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Asia (continent) (P)

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Pakistan (nation) (P)

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Punjab Province (province) (P)

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Lahore (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:

inhabited place (preferred, C)
city (C)
provincial capital (C)	............	of Punjab province of British India, 1849-1947; of modern Punjab in 1947
trade center (C)
transportation center (C)
industrial center (C)
university center (C)
military center (C)
capital (H)	............	of Ghazni & Ghuri sultanates, 11th-12th cen.
royal residence (H)	............	of Great Mogul Akbar, 1584-1598; of Great Mogul Jahangir, 1622-1627
regional capital (C)

Sources and Contributors:

Lāhaur..........	[VP]
.................	NGA/NIMA database (2003-)

Lahor..........	[VP]
..............	Rand McNally Atlas (1989) I-95

Lahore..........	[BHA, VP Preferred]
.................	Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) 349
.................	Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
.................	NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................	Times Atlas of the World (1994) 106
.................	Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
.................	Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 642

Subject: .....	[BHA, VP]
..................	Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) 349
..................	Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
..................	NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2767043
..................	Rand McNally Atlas (1989) I-95
..................	Times Atlas of the World (1994) 106
..................	Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
..................	Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 642


Note:
English	..........	[VP]

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