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ID: 7002603
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7002603
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Muş (inhabited place)  Muş (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 38 43 54 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 38.7316  decimal degrees
Long: 041 29 05 E  degrees minutes   Long: 41.4848  decimal degrees

Note: Neighboring hills have vineyards & oak scrub; under rule of Ottomans 1515; severely damaged by earthquake 1966; located on railway between Elâzığ & Tatvan; connected by road to Bitlis, Bingöl & Erzurum.

Names:
Muş (preferred,C,V,Turkish,U)
Mush (C,O)
Tarun (H,O)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Türkiye (nation)  ........  Türkiye (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Muş (province)  ............  Muş (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Muş (inhabited place)  ................  Muş (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  according to tradition, was founded by Armenian king Mushel I Mamikonian in 6th cen.
city (C)
provincial capital (C)
regional capital (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Muş..........  [BHA, VP Preferred]
...........  Blue Guide: Turkey (1989)
...........  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
...........  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VIII, 436
...........  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
...........  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 134
...........  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
Mush..........  [BHA, VP]
...........  BHA, Authority file (1973-)
...........  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Tarun..........  [BHA]
..............  BHA, Authority file (1973-)
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  BHA, Authority file (1973-)
..................  Blue Guide: Turkey (1989)
..................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VIII, 436
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -765708
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 134
..................  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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