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United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names

URI(s)

http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n96067872

Variants

UNGEGN
United Nations. Statistical Division. United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names
Gruppo di esperti delle Nazioni unite sui nomi geografici

Identifies LC/NAF RWO

http://id.loc.gov/rwo/agents/n96067872

Identifies RWO

Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

http://viaf.org/viaf/sourceID/LC%7Cn++96067872#skos:Concept

Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names
United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names Label from public data source Wikidata

Sources

found: United Nations documents on geographical names, 1996:t.p. (United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names; UNGEGN)

found: Its United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names newsletter (Online), July 2001:p. 2 (The Secretariat [of the Group] is established within the Statistics Division (UNSD)...)

found: Linee guida per la normalizzazione dei nomi geografici ad uso editori di cartografia ed altri editori, 2004:t.p. (Gruppo di esperti delle Nazioni unite sui nomi geografici ; United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names)

found: Confirmation of the definitions, 2015:title page (proceedings of the 16th UNGEGEN Working Group on Exonyms Meeting, Hermagor, 5-7 June 2014)

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Scheme Membership(s)

Library of Congress Name Authority File

Collection Membership(s)

Change Notes

1996-07-12: new
2016-03-10: revised

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