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ID: 1016878
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1016878
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Montego Bay (inhabited place)  Montego Bay (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 18 28 16 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 18.4710  decimal degrees
Long: 077 55 08 W  degrees minutes   Long: -77.9180  decimal degrees

Note: Visited by Columbus in 1494; developed as processing center for hogs & lard; Spanish were ousted by British after 150 years of occupation; now a resort town known for white sand beaches; landmarks include St. James Church (1775) & Town Hall (1804).

Names:
Montego Bay (preferred,C,V)
Bahía de Manteca (H,V)
Montego (C,V)
Mantica Bahia (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of North and Central America (continent)  ....  North and Central America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Jamaica (nation)  ........  Jamaica (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Cornwall (county)  ............  Cornwall (county) (P)
Hierarchy of Saint James (parish (political))  ................  Saint James (parish (political)) (P)
Hierarchy of Montego Bay (inhabited place)  ....................  Montego Bay (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  site of Arawak Amerindian village
city (C)
tourist center (C)
commercial center (C)
port (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Bahía de Manteca..........  [VP]
.............................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VIII, 281
Mantica Bahia..........  [VP]
..........................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 24 March 2014
Montego..........  [VP]
.................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 24 March 2014
Montego Bay..........  [VP Preferred]
.......................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VIII, 281
.......................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 24 March 2014
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VIII, 281
..................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 24 March 2014
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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