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ID: 1016498
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1016498
Record Type:
administrative
Santiago de los Caballeros (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 19 27 06 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 19.4510
decimal degrees
Long: 070 41 49 W
degrees minutes
Long: -70.6960
decimal degrees
Note:
One of oldest European settlements in America, founded by Christopher Columbus or his brother, Bartolomeo; was rebuilt a few miles away after being destroyed by earthquake in 1562.
Names:
Santiago de los Caballeros
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
............
named for gentlemen (caballeros) of the Order of St. James (Santiago) who moved here in 1504
Santiago
(
H
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
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North and Central America
(continent) (
P
)
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Dominican Republic
(nation) (
P
)
............
Santiago
(province) (
P
)
................
Santiago de los Caballeros
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
founded in 1494 or 1495, but rebuilt on a nearby site in 1562
city (
C
)
provincial capital (
C
)
industrial center (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Santiago..........
[
VP
]
.................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
X, 433-434
.................
NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
accessed 11 March 2014
Santiago de los Caballeros..........
[
VP Preferred
]
...............................................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
X, 433-434
...............................................
NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
accessed 11 March 2014
...............................................
NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
X, 433-434
..................
NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
accessed 11 March 2014
..................
NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Note:
English
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[
VP
]
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