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ID: 1053489
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1053489
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Jizzax (inhabited place)  Jizzax (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 40 06 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 40.1000  decimal degrees
Long: 067 50 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 67.8333  decimal degrees

Note: City in eastern Uzbekistan, located northeast of Samarkand, in an oasis irrigated by the Sanzar River. An ancient settlement in the region, Dzhizak was located on a trade route from the Mediterranean, and was near a navigable passage from the Nuratau Mountains to the Zeravshan River valley. Dzhizak's industries include cotton and agricultural products.

Names:
Jizzax (preferred,C,V)
Jizzakh (C,V)
Dzhizak (C,V,English-P,U,N)
Džizak (C,V)
Dishsak (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of O'zbekiston (nation)  ........  O'zbekiston (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Jizzax (province)  ............  Jizzax (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Jizzax (inhabited place)  ................  Jizzax (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)
city (C)
provincial capital (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Dishsak..........  [VP]
.................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (2003-2004) accessed 16 August 2004
Dzhizak..........  [VP]
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) plate 43
Džizak..........  [VP]
.................  Rand McNally Atlas (Reprinted 1994) I-50
Jizzakh..........  [VP]
.................  Russia, National Geographic (1993) map supplement
Jizzax..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (2003-2004) accessed 16 August 2004
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (2003-2004) accessed 16 August 2004
..................  Rand McNally Atlas (Reprinted 1994) I-50
..................  Russia, National Geographic (1993) map supplement
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) plate 43
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014) accessed 16 August 2004

 

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