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ID: 1018520
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1018520
Record Type:
administrative
Toluca de Lerdo (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 19 17 18 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 19.2883
decimal degrees
Long: 099 40 02 W
degrees minutes
Long: -99.6672
decimal degrees
Note:
Located in a valley at one of the highest altitudes in North America; was a colonial center; today is a major commercial & communications center; is a trade center for agricultural produce & livestock; noted for 16th-cen. architecture.
Names:
Toluca de Lerdo
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
............
"de Lerdo" adopted 1861 in honor of president Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada
Toluca
(
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
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North and Central America
(continent) (
P
)
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Mexico
(nation) (
P
)
............
México
(state) (
P
)
................
Toluca de Lerdo
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
founded in 1530
city (
C
)
............
established 1533
state capital (
C
)
commercial center (
C
)
agricultural center (
C
)
industrial center (
C
)
............
for brewing, distilling, food-processing & manufacture of tile
educational center (
C
)
transportation center (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Toluca..........
[
VP
]
.................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
XI, 833
.................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
1218
Toluca de Lerdo..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.............................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.............................
NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
XI, 833
..................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
-1706262
..................
NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
1218
Note:
English
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VP
]
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