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Places
Places term Scope note Archival description count People & Organisations count
Asia, East (1)

Use for: East Asia, Far East

  • Here are entered works dealing collectively with China, Japan, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, and Taiwan.
0 0
Asia, Central (1)

Use for: Central Asia

  • Here are entered works on the inland part of Asia, extending from the Caspian Sea in the west to, and including, northwestern China and Mongolia in the east, and from southern Siberia in the north to, and including, northern Iran and Afghanistan in the south, as well as works limited to the republics of former Soviet Central Asia treated collectively.
0 0
Asia (13)
  • Here are entered works on the entire continent that extends from Europe and Africa to the Pacific Ocean, including Siberia, Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines, and Indonesia (excluding Papua).
0 0
Ascreavie (GB-SCT)

Use for: Ascreavie, house

  • a country house in Kirriemuir, Angus, Scotland. A mid-19th century designed landscape most notable for its 20th century garden additions by the famous plant hunter George Sheriff.
1 0
Ascension Island

Use for: Ascension

  • island in the South Atlantic Ocean, part of the British overseas territory of St. Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha.
1 0
Argyllshire (GB-SCT, Historic County)
  • A historic county in western Scotland. Argyllshire lies mainly within the Argyll and Bute council area, but northern Argyllshire extends as far as Lochs Shiel, Eil, and Leven in southern Highland council area.
1 0
Ankole (Uganda)

Use for: Nkore

  • Ankole (Nkore before the colonial era) was a traditional Bantu kingdom in Uganda and lasted from the 15th century until 1967. The kingdom was located in south-western Uganda, east of Lake Edward, bordering Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
1 0
Angus (GB-SCT, Historic County) (1)
  • council area and historic county in eastern Scotland, bounded on the east by the North Sea and on the south by the Firth of Tay.
  • The council area lies entirely within the historic county of Angus, which also includes the city of Dundee and a small area south of Coupar Angus in the Perth and Kinross council area. The chief city of the county is Dundee, which constitutes a separate council area.
0 0
Angola
  • A country in southwestern Africa on the Atlantic coast south of the mouth of the Congo River; until 1975 a dependency of Portugal
1 0
Andorra
  • small, landlocked, independent European coprincipality situated among the southern peaks of the Pyrenees Mountains and bounded by France to the north and east and by Spain to the south and west. It is one of the smallest states in Europe. The capital is Andorra la Vella.
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