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ID: 1075519
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1075519
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Imphāl (inhabited place)  Imphāl (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 24 48 29 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 24.8081  decimal degrees
Long: 093 56 39 E  degrees minutes   Long: 93.9442  decimal degrees

Note: Former seat of Manipur kings; controlled by Burmese 1813; scene of major victory for Anglo-Indian troops over Japanese forces during Burma campaign in WW II; cottage industries include weaving and production of brass and bronze goods; has an airfield.

Names:
Imphāl (preferred,C,V,English,U)
Imphal (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of India (nation)  ........  India (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Manipur (state)  ............  Manipur (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Imphāl (inhabited place)  ................  Imphāl (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)
city (C)
state capital (C)
trade center (C)
regional capital (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Imphāl..........  [VP]
.................  Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) 283
.................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 411
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VI, 273
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Imphal..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 89
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 538
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) 283
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 411
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VI, 273
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2097774
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 89
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 538
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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