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ID: 1017886
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1017886
Record Type:
administrative
Morelia (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 19 42 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 19.7000
decimal degrees
Long: 101 07 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -101.1167
decimal degrees
Note:
Originally inhabited by Tarascan Indians who still predominate; an intellectual & art center during colonial period; served as base of operations for revolutionary leader Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla during wars for independence.
Names:
Morelia
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
............
since 1828, in honor of José María Morelos y Pavón, independence
Valladolid
(
H
,
V
)
............
1541-1828
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
North and Central America
(continent) (
P
)
........
Mexico
(nation) (
P
)
............
Michoacán de Ocampo
(state) (
P
)
................
Morelia
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
founded 1541
city (
C
)
state capital (
C
)
............
since 1582
commercial center (
C
)
educational center (
C
)
transportation center (
C
)
agricultural center (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Morelia..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
131
.................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
791
Valladolid..........
[
VP
]
.......................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
VIII, 317
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
VIII, 317
..................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
-1684316
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
131
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
791
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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