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ID: 1079380 Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1079380			Record Type: administrative

Al-ʻAmārah (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 31 50 00 N degrees minutes			Lat: 31.8333 decimal degrees
Long: 047 00 00 E degrees minutes			Long: 47.0000 decimal degrees

Note: Trade center for agricultural produce, livestock, wool & hides; known for silverware & weaving; captured by British in World War I during Mesopotamia campaign 1915; prior to 1958 was under autocratic rule by shaykhs; later became more democratic.

Names:

Al-ʻAmārah (preferred,C,V)

ʻAmara (C,O)

Amarah (C,O)

Amara (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:

World (facet)

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Asia (continent) (P)

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Iraq (nation) (P)

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Maysān (governorate) (P)

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Al-ʻAmārah (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:

inhabited place (preferred, C)
town (C)
regional capital (C)
port (C)
trade center (C)

Sources and Contributors:

Al-ʻAmārah..........	[VP Preferred]
.......................	Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) I, 311

ʻAmara..........	[VP]
.................	Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 41

Amara..........	[VP]
..............	NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (2000-2003)

Amarah..........	[VP]
.................	War on Iraq [maps]. CNN (2003)

Subject: .....	[VP]
..................	Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) I, 311
..................	NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (2000-2003)
..................	War on Iraq [maps]. CNN (2003)
..................	Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 41


Note:
English	..........	[VP]

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