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ID: 7000401
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7000401
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Beira (inhabited place)  Beira (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 19 50 00 S  degrees minutes   Lat: -19.8333  decimal degrees
Long: 034 50 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 34.8333  decimal degrees

Note: Founded as headquarters of Companhia de Moçambique; administration passed to Portuguese in 1942; railway center for Zimbabwe, Zambia, Zaire & Malawi; main port for Zimbabwe & Malawi; exports ores, tobacco, cotton, hides, skins; fishing harbor.

Names:
Beira (preferred,C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Africa (continent)  ....  Africa (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Mozambique (nation)  ........  Mozambique (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Sofala (province)  ............  Sofala (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Beira (inhabited place)  ................  Beira (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  founded 1891
city (C)
provincial capital (C)
port (C)
transportation center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Beira..........  [VP Preferred]
..............  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) II, 52
..............  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) II, 52
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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