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ID: 1017522
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1017522
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Guanajuato (inhabited place)  Guanajuato (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 21 01 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 21.0167  decimal degrees
Long: 101 15 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -101.2500  decimal degrees

Note: Was a Spanish colonial city; developed as one of the greatest silver-mining centers of 16th cen. (along with Zacatecas & Potosí, Bolivia); first city to fall to independence leader Costilla 1810; struggles for control followed; declined until 1930s.

Names:
Guanajuato (preferred,C,V)
Ciudad Guanajuato (NA,V)

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 Guanajuato (state)  ............  Guanajuato (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Guanajuato (inhabited place)  ................  Guanajuato (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  founded 1554
city (C)  ............  established 1741
state capital (C)
tourist center (C)  ............  since 1930s
educational center (C)  ............  since 1945
transportation center (C)
agricultural center (C)  ............  since 1930s
mining center (H)  ............  during 16th cen.

Sources and Contributors:
Ciudad Guanajuato..........  [VP]
................................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Guanajuato..........  [VP Preferred]
.......................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) V, 531
.......................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.......................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 77
.......................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 471
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) V, 531
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -1669986
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 77
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 471
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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