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ID: 7010761
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7010761

 

Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Elbasan (inhabited place)  Elbasan (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 41 07 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 41.1167  decimal degrees
Long: 020 05 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 20.0833  decimal degrees

Note: Elbasan is located on the north side of the Shkumbin River, in the highlands on the edge of a fertile plain;. It was founded by Ottoman sultan Mehmed II in 1466 on an ancient site, and was noted as the principal center of Albanian nationalism during Ottoman rule. The modern town's economic activities include timber processing, engineering works, and the production of cement, soap, and olive oil. Its population was estimated to be about 83,300 in 1990.

Names:
Elbasan (preferred,C,V)
Elbasani (H,V)
Scampa (H,V)  ............ ancient
Scampis (H,V)  ............ ancient
Albanopolis (H,V)  ............ this site is sometimes identified as the ancient Albanian capital of this name

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Albania (nation)  ........  Albania (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Elbasan (county)  ............  Elbasan (county) (P)
Hierarchy of Elbasan (inhabited place)  ................  Elbasan (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  settled in ancient times, modern town was founded in 1466
town (C)
provincial capital (C)
agricultural center (C)
manufacturing center (C)
transportation center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Albanopolis..........  [VP]
.......................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 270
Elbasan..........  [GRLPSC, VP Preferred]
.................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 270
.................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
Elbasani..........  [GRLPSC]
.................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
Scampa..........  [GRLPSC, VP]
.................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
.................  GRI Photo Archive, Authority File (1998) 5165
Scampis..........  [VP]
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IV, 418
Subject: .....  [GRLPSC, VP]
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 270
..................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IV, 418
..................  GRI Photo Archive, Authority File (1998) 5165
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (1994-2002) accessed June 27, 2003

 

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