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ID: 1084089
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1084089
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Cagayan de Oro (inhabited place)  Cagayan de Oro (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 08 29 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 8.4833  decimal degrees
Long: 124 39 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 124.6500  decimal degrees

Note: Developed as one of most important centers in N Mindanao, Cagayan de Oro was fortified by Spaniards in the 17th century. Currently, the city's exports include rice, corn, and copra. Contains a major international airport, and is noted for Xavier University and St. Augustine's Cathedral.

Names:
Cagayan de Oro (preferred,C,V)
Cagayan de Oro City (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Philippines (nation)  ........  Philippines (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Cagayan de Oro (special city)  ............  Cagayan de Oro (special city) (P)
Hierarchy of Cagayan de Oro (inhabited place)  ................  Cagayan de Oro (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  fortified by Spaniards in 17th cen.
city (C)  ............  chartered 1950
provincial capital (C)
transportation center (C)
commercial center (C)
mission (C)  ............  established as station 17th cen.

Sources and Contributors:
Cagayan de Oro..........  [VP Preferred]
.............................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) II, 720
.............................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2004-2008) accessed 8 November 2006
.............................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 37
.............................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 200
Cagayan de Oro City..........  [VP]
...................................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2004-2008) accessed 8 November 2006
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) II, 720
..................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2004-2008) accessed 8 November 2006
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 37
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 200
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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