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ID: 1076709
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1076709
Record Type:
administrative
Rānchī (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 23 20 52 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 23.3478
decimal degrees
Long: 085 20 19 E
degrees minutes
Long: 85.3386
decimal degrees
Note:
Located on the Subarnarekha river, Rānchi is a trading center for cotton and tea. Its chief industries are silk growing and manufacture of shellac and machine tools. It is also the site of research institutes for radium and shellac.
Names:
Rānchī
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
,
English
,
U
)
Ranchi
(
C
,
V
)
Rānchi
(
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Asia
(continent) (
P
)
........
India
(nation) (
P
)
............
Jharkhand
(state) (
P
)
................
Rānchī
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
town (
C
)
administrative center (
C
)
municipality (
C
)
............
since 1869
educational center (
C
)
............
Rānchī University established 1960
trade center (
C
)
transportation center (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Rānchī..........
[
VP
]
.................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
IX, 931-932
.................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Rānchi..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
IX, 931-932
Ranchi..........
[
VP
]
.................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
162
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
IX, 931-932
..................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
-2109068
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
162
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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