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ID: 1022440
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1022440
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Petrolina (inhabited place)  Petrolina (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 09 22 00 S  degrees minutes   Lat: -9.3667  decimal degrees
Long: 040 30 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -40.5000  decimal degrees

Note: Located on left bank of São Francisco river; city is S terminus of railroad that runs NW to other urban centers; ships cotton, textiles, chemicals, perfume, tobacco & sugar.

Names:
Petrolina (preferred,C,V,O)

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 Pernambuco (state)  ............  Pernambuco (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Petrolina (inhabited place)  ................  Petrolina (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)
city (C)
transportation center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Petrolina..........  [VP Preferred]
....................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IX, 463
....................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -661454
....................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 152
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IX, 463
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -661454
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 152
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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