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ID: 1024933
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1024933
Record Type:
administrative
Minas (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 34 20 00 S
degrees minutes
Lat: -34.3333
decimal degrees
Long: 055 15 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -55.2500
decimal degrees
Note:
Located 75 miles NE of Montevideo; noted as attraction to tourists drawn by surrounding hills & forests, which are unusual in Uruguay; produces bottled mineral water, & mines nearby produce granite, iron ore & marble.
Names:
Minas
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
............
named for the mines that surround the area
Lavalleja
(
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
South America
(continent) (
P
)
........
Uruguay
(nation) (
P
)
............
Lavalleja
(department) (
P
)
................
Minas
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
founded in 1783
city (
C
)
department capital (
C
)
transportation center (
C
)
tourist center (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Lavalleja..........
[
VP
]
....................
Rand McNally Atlas (1994)
I-95
Minas..........
[
VP Preferred
]
..............
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
VIII, 150
..............
Times Atlas of the World (1992)
128
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
VIII, 150
..................
Rand McNally Atlas (1994)
I-95
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1992)
128
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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