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ID: 1084348
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1084348
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Legaspi City (inhabited place)  Legaspi City (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 13 08 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 13.1333  decimal degrees
Long: 123 44 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 123.7333  decimal degrees

Note: Named for Miguel Lopez de Legazpi, first Spanish governor general of country; comprises original municipalities of Legazpi and Albay, which merged in 1907; was partly destroyed by eruption of Mount Mayon in 1815; occupied by Japanese during World War II.

Names:
Legaspi City (preferred,C,V)
Legaspi (C,O)
Legazpi (C,V)  ............ since 1925

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Philippines (nation)  ........  Philippines (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Albay (province)  ............  Albay (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Legaspi City (inhabited place)  ................  Legaspi City (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  founded 1636
city (C)
provincial capital (C)
port (C)
trade center (C)
transportation center (C)
educational center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Legaspi..........  [VP]
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VII, 243
Legaspi City..........  [VP]
.......................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 20 April 2015
Legazpi..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 658-659
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VII, 243
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 658-659
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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