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ID: 1017217
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Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Ciudad Juárez (inhabited place)  Ciudad Juárez (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 31 44 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 31.7333  decimal degrees
Long: 106 29 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -106.4833  decimal degrees

Note: Located on the Rio Grande (river); was founded in 17th cen. & its history was long intertwined with El Paso, Texas, located across the river; was headquarters of Mexican revolutionary statesman & president Benito Juárez (died 1872).

Names:
Ciudad Juárez (preferred,C,V)  ............ named after Benito Juárez, whose headquarters was here in 1865
Juárez (C,V)
Juárez, Ciudad (C,V)
Juarez (NA,V)
Paso del Norte (NA,V)
El Paso del Norte (H,V)
Mission Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe (H,V)  ............ mission was established in 17th cen.

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of North and Central America (continent)  ....  North and Central America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Mexico (nation)  ........  Mexico (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Chihuahua (state)  ............  Chihuahua (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Ciudad Juárez (inhabited place)  ................  Ciudad Juárez (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  documented by explorer Juan de Oñate in 1598; mission was founded in 1659
city (C)
transportation center (C)
mission (H)

Sources and Contributors:
Ciudad Juárez..........  [VP Preferred]
..........................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
..........................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 46
..........................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 268
El Paso del Norte..........  [VP]
................................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 190
................................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Juárez..........  [VP]
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Juarez..........  [VP]
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Juárez, Ciudad..........  [VP]
.............................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 93
Mission Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe..........  [VP]
...........................................................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IV, 413
Paso del Norte..........  [VP]
.............................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 190
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IV, 413
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -1658093
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 46; 93
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 268
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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