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ID: 7001910
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7001910
Record Type:
administrative
Townsville (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 19 15 59 S
degrees minutes
Lat: -19.2664
decimal degrees
Long: 146 48 21 E
degrees minutes
Long: 146.8057
decimal degrees
Note:
Largest tropical city in Australia; major seaport; headquarters of Great Barrier Reef Authority; economy based on agricultural exports, mineral mining, tourism; site of air force & army bases; site of James Cook University of N Queensland.
Names:
Townsville
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
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Oceania
(continent) (
P
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Australia
(nation) (
P
)
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Queensland
(state) (
P
)
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Townsville
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
founded 1864
city (
C
)
port (
C
)
mining center (
C
)
military center (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Townsville..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.......................
Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990)
656
.......................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.......................
Times Atlas of the World (1992)
200
.......................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
1223
Subject:
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[
VP
]
..................
Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990)
656
..................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
-1605526
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1992)
200
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
1223
Note:
English
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VP
]
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