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ID: 1084108
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1084108
Record Type:
administrative
Caloocan City (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 14 38 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 14.6333
decimal degrees
Long: 120 58 00 E
degrees minutes
Long: 120.9667
decimal degrees
Note:
Suffered damage during World War II due to its location on route used by Japanese in 1942 & US in 1945 to enter Manila; main industries are processed foods, textiles & engineering products.
Names:
Caloocan City
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Caloocan
(
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Asia
(continent) (
P
)
........
Philippines
(nation) (
P
)
............
Caloocan
(special city) (
P
)
................
Caloocan City
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
founded 1762 by Augustinians
city (
C
)
municipality (
C
)
............
since 1815
suburb (
C
)
industrial center (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Caloocan..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
II, 752
.................
Times Atlas of the World (1992)
38
.................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
204
Caloocan City..........
[
VP
]
..........................
NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
accessed 15 April 2015
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
II, 752
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1992)
38
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
204
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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