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ID: 7001527 Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7001527			Record Type: administrative

Kānpur (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 26 26 52 N degrees minutes			Lat: 26.4478 decimal degrees
Long: 080 20 47 E degrees minutes			Long: 80.3463 decimal degrees

Note: Village and surrounding area were ceded to Great Britain 1801; site of massacre of British troops and European families by Nana Sahib during Indian Mutiny 1857; today is largest city and most significant industrial center of Uttar Pradesh; road and rail junction.

Names:

Kānpur (preferred,C,V,English,U)

Cawnpore (C,V)

Kanpur (C,V)

Kānpwr (C,V)

Kanpwr (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:

World (facet)

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Asia (continent) (P)

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India (nation) (P)

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Uttar Pradesh (state) (P)

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Kānpur (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:

inhabited place (preferred, C)
city (C)
administrative center (C)
industrial center (C)
commercial center (C)

Sources and Contributors:

Cawnpore..........	[VP]
.................	Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 461
.................	Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VI, 723
.................	NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................	Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 586

Kānpur..........	[VP Preferred]
.................	Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VI, 723
.................	NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................	Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-83
.................	Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 586

Kanpur..........	[VP]
.................	Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 461
.................	NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (2000-2003) Accessed 05/28/2002.
.................	Times Atlas of the World (1994) 96
.................	Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 586

Kanpwr..........	[VP]
.................	NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (2000-2003)

Kānpwr..........	[VP]
.................	NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2004-2008) accessed 5 January 2007
.................	NGA/NIMA database (2003-)

Subject: .....	[VP]
..................	Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 461
..................	Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VI, 723
..................	NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2004-2008) accessed 5 January 2007
..................	NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2099561
..................	NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (2000-2003) Accessed 05/28/2002.
..................	Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-83
..................	Times Atlas of the World (1994) 96
..................	Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 586


Note:
English	..........	[VP]

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