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ID: 7005818
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7005818
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Callao (inhabited place)  Callao (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 12 04 00 S  degrees minutes   Lat: -12.0667  decimal degrees
Long: 077 09 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -77.1500  decimal degrees

Note: Was a colonial center; was destroyed by tidal wave & earthquake in 1746; bombed by Spanish 1866 & by Chileans 1880; taken by Chileans during World War II; today is major port & industrial center; exports wool, fish meal, sugar, beverages & minerals.

Names:
Callao (preferred,C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of South America (continent)  ....  South America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Perú (nation)  ........  Perú (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Callao (region (administrative division))  ............  Callao (region (administrative division)) (P)
Hierarchy of Callao (inhabited place)  ................  Callao (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  founded 1537
city (C)
regional capital (C)
port (C)
trade center (C)
industrial center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Callao..........  [BHA, VP Preferred]
.................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
.................  Espasa: Enciclopedia universal (1907)
.................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 204
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
..................  Espasa: Enciclopedia universal (1907)
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 204
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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