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ID: 1022372
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1022372
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Passos (inhabited place)  Passos (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 20 45 00 S  degrees minutes   Lat: -20.7500  decimal degrees
Long: 046 38 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -46.6333  decimal degrees

Note: Located on Rio da Bocaina, near Rio Grande; trade center for rice, corn, cotton, sugar & coffee; large hydroelectric plant serves city.

Names:
Passos (preferred,C,V,O,Portuguese-P)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of South America (continent)  ....  South America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Brazil (nation)  ........  Brazil (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Minas Gerais (state)  ............  Minas Gerais (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Passos (inhabited place)  ................  Passos (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  made seat of municipality in 1848
city (C)
agricultural center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Passos..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IX, 188
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -659858
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 150
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IX, 188
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -659858
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 150
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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