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ID: 1042281
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1042281
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Békéscsaba (inhabited place)  Békéscsaba (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 46 40 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 46.6667  decimal degrees
Long: 021 05 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 21.0833  decimal degrees

Note: Located on canal to Körös river; is trade center for surrounding agricultural area; was medieval center; prospered in 18th cen.; has large Slovak population & tradition of Lutheranism; noted for 13th-cen. Roman Catholic church (rebuilt 18th cen.).

Names:
Békéscsaba (preferred,C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Hungary (nation)  ........  Hungary (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Békés (county)  ............  Békés (county) (P)
Hierarchy of Békéscsaba (inhabited place)  ................  Békéscsaba (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  site has been inhabited at least since Middle Ages
town (C)
county seat (C)
transportation center (C)
industrial center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Békéscsaba..........  [VP Preferred]
.......................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) II, 54-55
.......................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 25
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) II, 54-55
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 25
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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