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ID: 7001318
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7001318
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Mostaganem (inhabited place)  Mostaganem (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 35 55 52 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 35.9310  decimal degrees
Long: 000 05 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 0.0830  decimal degrees

Note: Port city, founded on the site of a Roman town; site of an 11th-cen. citadel; prospered as part of Ottoman Empire 16th cen.; occupied by French 1833; industries include sugar refining & paper pulp processing; exports wine, vegetables, diatomite & fruits.

Names:
Mostaganem (preferred,C,V)
Mestghanem (C,V)  ............ after 1981
Mastaganeam (C,V)
Mustaghanim (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 Mostaganem (province)  ............  Mostaganem (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Mostaganem (inhabited place)  ................  Mostaganem (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  settled since Roman times
city (C)
department capital (C)
port (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Mastaganeam..........  [VP]
.......................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Mestghanem..........  [VP Preferred]
.......................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 624
.......................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) VIII, 358
.......................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-110
.......................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 794
Mostaganem..........  [VP]
.......................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 624
.......................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) VIII, 358
.......................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014)
.......................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.......................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 794
Mustaghanim..........  [VP]
.......................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 624
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) VIII, 358
..................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-110
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 794
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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