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ID: 7005076 Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7005076			Record Type: administrative

Santa Marta (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 11 18 00 N degrees minutes			Lat: 11.3000 decimal degrees
Long: 074 10 00 W degrees minutes			Long: -74.1667 decimal degrees

Note: Located in N Colombia, on coast, E of Barranquilla; the oldest city in Colombia; developed as a Spanish port; became banana-shipping center in late 19th cen.; connected to Bogotá by railroad since 1961; an episcopal see; has had university since 1958.

Names:

Santa Marta (preferred,C,V)

Hierarchical Position:

World (facet)

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South America (continent) (P)

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Colombia (nation) (P)

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Magdalena (department) (P)

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Santa Marta (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:

inhabited place (preferred, C)	............	founded 1525
city (C)
regional capital (C)
port (C)
trade center (C)
educational center (C)
tourist center (C)
religious center (C)

Sources and Contributors:

Santa Marta..........	[BHA, VP Preferred]
.......................	Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
.......................	Times Atlas of the World (1992) 175
.......................	Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 1075

Subject: .....	[BHA, VP]
..................	Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
..................	Times Atlas of the World (1992) 175
..................	Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 1075


Note:
English	..........	[VP]

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