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ID: 1064791
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1064791
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Pontypool (inhabited place)  Pontypool (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 51 42 04 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 51.7011  decimal degrees
Long: 003 02 40 W  degrees minutes   Long: -3.0444  decimal degrees

Note: Located on E edge of S Wales coalfield; tinplate, metalworking & iron-smelting center since 1577; production of heat-resistant lacquered ironware known as Pontypoolware began in 18th cen.; modern industries include glass, rubber & nylon factories.

Names:
Pontypool (preferred,C,V,English,U)
Pont-y-pŵl (NA,V,Welsh,U)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of United Kingdom (nation)  ........  United Kingdom (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Wales (country)  ............  Wales (country) (P)
Hierarchy of Torfaen (unitary authority)  ................  Torfaen (unitary authority) (P)
Hierarchy of Pontypool (inhabited place)  ....................  Pontypool (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)
town (C)
industrial center (C)
regional capital (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Pontypool..........  [VP Preferred]
....................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IX, 601
....................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
....................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Pont-y-pŵl..........  [VP]
.......................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IX, 601
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2605536
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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