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ID: 7007088
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7007088
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Álava (province)  Álava (province)

Coordinates:
Lat: 42 50 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 42.8333  decimal degrees
Long: 002 45 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -2.7500  decimal degrees

Note: Became part of territory of Castile in 1332; industrial activity is centered in Vitoria; Álavese Rioja region to S contains vineyards, orchards & olive groves; the central plain produces wheat, barley, oats & sugar beets.

Names:
Álava (preferred,C,V)
Provincia de Álava (NA,V)
Álava, Provincia de (NA,V)
Araba (NA,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Spain (nation)  ........  Spain (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Basque Provinces (autonomous community)  ............  Basque Provinces (autonomous community) (P)
Hierarchy of Álava (province)  ................  Álava (province) (P)

Place Types:
province (preferred, C)  ............  became one of 3 provinces of País Vasco 1980
second level subdivision (C)
lordship (H)

Sources and Contributors:
Álava..........  [BHA, GRLPSC, VP Preferred]
..............  Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) 610
..............  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
..............  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) I, 204
..............  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
..............  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 9; Plate 73
..............  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
..............  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
Álava, Provincia de..........  [VP]
...................................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Araba..........  [VP]
..............  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Provincia de Álava..........  [VP]
...................................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Subject: .....  [BHA, GRLPSC, VP]
..................  Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) 610
..................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) I, 204
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -369579
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 9; Plate 73
..................  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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