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ID: 1020283
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1020283
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Cochabamba (inhabited place)  Cochabamba (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 17 26 00 S  degrees minutes   Lat: -17.4333  decimal degrees
Long: 066 10 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -66.1667  decimal degrees

Note: Located in agricultural area; was founded by conquistador Sebastián Barbe de Padilla; today is Bolivia's second largest city; has oil refinery, other industries are varied & small, supplying local market; has museum, cathedral & governmental palace.

Names:
Cochabamba (preferred,C,V)  ............ since 1786
Villa de Oropeza (H,V)  ............ 1574-1786
Oropeza (H,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of South America (continent)  ....  South America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Bolivia (nation)  ........  Bolivia (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Cochabamba (department)  ............  Cochabamba (department) (P)
Hierarchy of Cochabamba (inhabited place)  ................  Cochabamba (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  founded 1574
city (C)  ............  established 1786
regional capital (C)
educational center (C)
agricultural center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Cochabamba..........  [VP Preferred]
.......................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 47
Oropeza..........  [VP]
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 274
Villa de Oropeza..........  [VP]
.............................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) III, 418
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) III, 418
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 47
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 274
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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