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ID: 1087375
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1087375
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Batna (inhabited place)  Batna (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 35 33 19 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 35.5550  decimal degrees
Long: 006 10 43 E  degrees minutes   Long: 6.1780  decimal degrees

Note: Founded in 1844 as military outpost for France to defend el-Kantara Pass; location was moved E to Râs el-Aïoun in 1848; economy depends upon trade of agricultural & forest products; is a base for tourism to Roman ruins at Timgad & Tazoult-Lambese.

Names:
Batna (preferred,C,V)  ............ since 1849
Nouvelle Lambèse (H,V)  ............ 1848-1849

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Africa (continent)  ....  Africa (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Algeria (nation)  ........  Algeria (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Batna (province)  ............  Batna (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Batna (inhabited place)  ................  Batna (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  city founded 1848
city (C)
department capital (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Batna..........  [VP Preferred]
..............  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) I, 961
..............  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 23
Nouvelle Lambèse..........  [VP]
.............................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) I, 961
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) I, 961
..................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 26 February 2015
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 23
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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