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ID: 7013847
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7013847
Record Type:
administrative
La Puente (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 34 02 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 34.0333
decimal degrees
Long: 117 56 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -117.9333
decimal degrees
Names:
La Puente
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Puente
(
C
,
V
)
El Puente
(
C
,
V
)
............
named by 18th-century explorers who built a bridge (puente) for livestock to cross the river; article "el" is correct grammatically with masculine "puente," but official name uses "la"
Hillgrove
(
H
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
North and Central America
(continent) (
P
)
........
United States
(nation) (
P
)
............
California
(state) (
P
)
................
Los Angeles
(county) (
P
)
....................
La Puente
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
El Puente..........
[
VP
]
....................
City Names, Los Angeles Times (2007)
Hillgrove..........
[
VP
]
....................
USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994)
GNIS6049979
La Puente..........
[
GRLPSC
,
VP Preferred
]
....................
USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994)
GNIS6049978
....................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
Puente..........
[
VP
]
.................
USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994)
GNIS6049979
Subject:
.....
[
GRLPSC
,
VP
]
..................
City Names, Los Angeles Times (2007)
..................
USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994)
GNIS6049978; GNIS6049979
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
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© 2004 J. Paul Getty Trust
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