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ID: 1050576
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1050576
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Cumbernauld (inhabited place)  Cumbernauld (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 55 57 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 55.9500  decimal degrees
Long: 003 59 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -3.9833  decimal degrees

Note: Redesigned in 1956 as a "new town" to accomodate Glasgow's overflow population; high-density housing units are lauded for their incorporation into the sloping hills & traffic flow designs; industries include coal mining, electrical equipment & carpets.

Names:
Cumbernauld (preferred,C,V,English,U)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of United Kingdom (nation)  ........  United Kingdom (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Scotland (country)  ............  Scotland (country) (P)
Hierarchy of North Lanarkshire (unitary authority)  ................  North Lanarkshire (unitary authority) (P)
Hierarchy of Cumbernauld (inhabited place)  ....................  Cumbernauld (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  developed as a "new town" in 1956
town (C)
industrial center (C)
mining center (C)
manufacturing center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Cumbernauld..........  [VP Preferred]
.......................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) III, 789
.......................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.......................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 51
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) III, 789
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2593893
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 51
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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