| LC control no. | n 85137291 |
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| Geographic heading | İskenderun (Turkey) |
| Geographic subdivision usage | Turkey--İskenderun |
| Variant(s) | İskenderun, Turkey Alexandrette (Turkey) Iskandarūnah (Turkey) Alexandretta (Turkey) Alexandretta (Syria) |
| Found in | United States. Army Map Service. Turkey city plans 1:10,000. İskenderun, 1959. LC data base, 2-6-87 (İskenderun, Turkey) BGN gaz., Turkey, 1984 (İskenderun, ppl, 36°35ʹN, 36°10ʹE) Du Véou, P. Le désastre d'Alexandrette, 1938: p. 10, etc. (city in French Syria ceded to Turkey) GDEL (Iskenderun, with ref. from Alexandrette) Qaḍīyat a-Iskandarūnah, 1992. Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names Browser, Oct. 27, 2000: (Ref. for Alexandretta under Iskenderun: Turkey's main port on the Mediterranean Sea; developed as an outlet for overland trade from Iran, India & E Asia; became part of Ottoman Empire in 1515; under Province of Hatay Ili which was under French control after defeat of Ottomans in WW I; returned to Turkey by referendum & agreement with France in 1939) |
| Geographic area code | a-tu--- |
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