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ID: 7002756
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7002756
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Western Thrace (former administrative division)  Western Thrace (former administrative division)

Coordinates:
Lat: 41 20 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 41.3333  decimal degrees
Long: 026 45 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 26.7500  decimal degrees

Note: Area located in NE corner of Greece; was part of ancient region of Thrace.

Names:
Thráki (preferred,C,V)
Dytikē Thrakē (C,V)
Thrace (C,O)
Western Thrace (C,O,English-P,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Greece (nation)  ........  Greece (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Western Thrace (former administrative division)  ............  Western Thrace (former administrative division) (P)

Place Types:
former administrative division (preferred, C)
first level subdivision (H)
region (administrative division) (H)  ............  was enlarged to form E Macedonia & Thrace for election purposes in 1987, though it is still commonly treated as separate unit

Sources and Contributors:
Dytikē Thrakē..........  [VP]
..........................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 1209
Thrace..........  [BHA, GRLPSC, VP]
.................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
.................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 463
Thráki..........  [BHA, VP Preferred]
.................  Britannica Book of the Year (1986) 684
.................  Cambridge World Gazetteer (1988)
.................  Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) 241
.................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
.................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
.................  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
Western Thrace..........  [VP]
.............................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 1209
Subject: .....  [BHA, GRLPSC, VP]
..................  Britannica Book of the Year (1986) 684
..................  Cambridge World Gazetteer (1988)
..................  Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) 241
..................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 1209; 463
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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