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• Arabian Peninsula: Official Standard Names Approved by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names, Washington, D.C.: U.S. Office of Geography, 1961. FS Catalog book 953 E5u; At various libraries (WorldCat)Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library
• Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, and United Arab Emirates : Official Standard Names Approved by the United States Board on Geographic Names, by United States, United States board on Geographic Names. Washington, D.C.: Defense Mapping Agency, 1976. At various libraries (WorldCat); Online at: Hathitrust, Google Books
• FamilySearch Places at FamilySearch - Geographic and historic information
• Fuzzy Gazetteer at Hof University - Help with locality spelling
• Geonamesat GeoNames geographical database

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