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ID: 7002168
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Record Type:
administrative
Amarapura (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 21 54 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 21.9000
decimal degrees
Long: 096 01 00 E
degrees minutes
Long: 96.0167
decimal degrees
Note:
Town located on E bank of Irrawaddy River; founded 1782 as capital of kingdom of Burma; destroyed by fire 1810; capital moved to Ava 1823; returned 1837; abandoned in favour of Mandalay 1860; major earthquake damage 1839.
Names:
Amarapura
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Asia
(continent) (
P
)
........
Myanmar
(nation) (
P
)
............
Mandalay
(region (administrative division)) (
P
)
................
Amarapura
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
founded 1782
town (
C
)
national capital (
H
)
............
of kingdom of Burma, 1782-1823; again, 1837-1860
Sources and Contributors:
Amarapura..........
[
VP Preferred
]
....................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
11
....................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
41-42
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
11
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
41-42
Note:
English
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[
VP
]
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