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ID: 1065441
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1065441
Record Type:
administrative
Jalālābād (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 34 25 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 34.4167
decimal degrees
Long: 070 27 00 E
degrees minutes
Long: 70.4500
decimal degrees
Note:
Capital town of Nangarhār province; site chosen by Mogul emperor Babur; town built by Akbar, but was probably site of Alexandrian settlement called Nikaia; site of battles during First Afghan War in 19th cen.
Names:
Jalālābād
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Jelalabad
(
C
,
V
)
Jalalabad
(
C
,
V
)
Nikaia
(
H
,
V
)
............
by 4th cen. BC
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Asia
(continent) (
P
)
........
Afghānestān
(nation) (
P
)
............
Nangarhār
(province) (
P
)
................
Jalālābād
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
probably same as settlement founded by Alexander in 327 BC; founded by Mogul emperor 1560
town (
C
)
provincial capital (
C
)
trade center (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Jalālābād..........
[
VP Preferred
]
....................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
564
Jalalabad..........
[
VP
]
....................
NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Jelalabad..........
[
VP
]
....................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
564
Nikaia..........
[
VP
]
.................
Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979)
39
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................
Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1979)
39
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
564
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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