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ID: 1023867
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1023867

 

Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Magangué (inhabited place)  Magangué (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 09 14 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 9.2333  decimal degrees
Long: 074 46 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -74.7667  decimal degrees

Note: Located in N Colombia, at the junction of the Cauca & Magdalena rivers, SE of Cartagena; city founded when Diego de Carvajal expanded the indigenous settlement in the Pirinal Mountains; is trade center for tropical fruits, corn, coffee & dairy products.

Names:
Magangué (preferred,C,V)
Maganguey (H,V)  ............ name of original Amerindian village, used until late 16th cen.

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of South America (continent)  ....  South America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Colombia (nation)  ........  Colombia (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Bolívar (department)  ............  Bolívar (department) (P)
Hierarchy of Magangué (inhabited place)  ................  Magangué (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  founded by Spanish explorers, 1532
city (C)  ............  established 1610

Sources and Contributors:
Magangué..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 118
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 707
Maganguey..........  [VP]
....................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VII, 667
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VII, 667
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 118
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 707
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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