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ID: 1024252
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1024252
Record Type:
administrative
Caacupé (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 25 23 00 S
degrees minutes
Lat: -25.3833
decimal degrees
Long: 057 09 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -57.1500
decimal degrees
Note:
Pilgrimage center noted for festival held on December 8, honoring shrine of the Blue Virgin of the Miracles; is a processing center for oranges, tobacco & sugarcane; linked by highway to nation's capital.
Names:
Caacupé
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
............
originates from Guaraní word meaning "the other side of the mountain"
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
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South America
(continent) (
P
)
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Paraguay
(nation) (
P
)
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Cordillera
(department) (
P
)
................
Caacupé
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
founded 1770
city (
C
)
department capital (
C
)
pilgrimage center (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Caacupé..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
II, 701
.................
NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
II, 701
..................
NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Note:
English
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[
VP
]
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