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ID: 7010498
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7010498
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Nagykanizsa (inhabited place)  Nagykanizsa (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 46 27 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 46.4500  decimal degrees
Long: 017 00 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 17.0000  decimal degrees

Note: Established as a fortress in early 14th cen.; occupied by Turks throughout 17th cen.; noted for ruins of fortress & a Franciscan church from 18th cen.; economy of modern city depends upon nearby oil fields.

Names:
Nagykanizsa (preferred,C,V)
Kanizsa (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Magyarország (nation)  ........  Magyarország (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Zala (county)  ............  Zala (county) (P)
Hierarchy of Nagykanizsa (inhabited place)  ................  Nagykanizsa (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  fortified by 14th cen.
city (C)
oil field site (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Kanizsa..........  [VP]
.................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 634
Nagykanizsa..........  [BHA, VP Preferred]
.......................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 135
.......................  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 634
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 135
..................  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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