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ID: 1020439
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1020439
Record Type:
administrative
Tarija (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 21 33 00 S
degrees minutes
Lat: -21.5500
decimal degrees
Long: 064 45 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -64.7500
decimal degrees
Note:
Founded by conquistador Luis de Fuentes; one of Bolivia's oldest settlements; well known for the Niño outdoor religious processions; agricultural produce is grown only for local consumption because transport from area is difficult.
Names:
Tarija
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
San Bernardo de la Frontera de Tarija
(
H
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
South America
(continent) (
P
)
........
Bolivia
(nation) (
P
)
............
Tarija
(department) (
P
)
................
Tarija
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
founded in 1574
city (
C
)
regional capital (
C
)
commercial center (
C
)
educational center (
C
)
agricultural center (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
San Bernardo de la Frontera de Tarija..........
[
VP
]
..............................................................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
XI, 562
Tarija..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
194
.................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
1188
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
XI, 562
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
194
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
1188
Note:
English
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[
VP
]
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