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ID: 7005228
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7005228
Record Type:
administrative
La Asunción (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 11 02 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 11.0333
decimal degrees
Long: 063 53 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -63.8833
decimal degrees
Note:
Located in fertile valley on Isla de Margarita; first settled by Spaniards in 1524; noted for Castle of Santa Rosa & the cathedral; produces cotton, sugarcane, coconuts & alcohol.
Names:
La Asunción
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
South America
(continent) (
P
)
........
Venezuela
(nation) (
P
)
............
Nueva Esparta
(state) (
P
)
................
La Asunción
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Additional Parents:
World
(facet)
....
South America
(continent) (
P
)
........
Venezuela
(nation) (
P
)
............
Nueva Esparta
(state) (
P
)
................
Isla de Margarita
(island) (
P
)
....................
La Asunción
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
settled 1524
city (
C
)
state capital (
C
)
commercial center (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
La Asunción..........
[
BHA
,
VP Preferred
]
.......................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
I, 658
.......................
NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
.......................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
Subject:
.....
[
BHA
,
VP
]
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
I, 658
..................
NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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