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ID: 7017087
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7017087
Record Type:
administrative
Duque de Caxias (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 22 45 00 S
degrees minutes
Lat: -22.7500
decimal degrees
Long: 043 19 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -43.3167
decimal degrees
Note:
Suburb of Rio de Janeiro; named after Luis Alves de Lima e Silva, miltary hero & patron of the Brazilian army; industries include a large oil refinery located outside the city.
Names:
Duque de Caxias
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
,
O
,
Portuguese-P
)
............
name refers to title of Luis Alves de Lima e Silva, commander of Brazilian army against Argentina & Paraguay in mid-19th cen.
Caxias
(
H
,
V
)
............
from 1931 to 1943
Meriti Station
(
H
,
V
)
............
until 1931
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
South America
(continent) (
P
)
........
Brazil
(nation) (
P
)
............
Rio de Janeiro
(state) (
P
)
................
Duque de Caxias
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
developed as suburb of Rio de Janeiro in early 20th cen.
city (
C
)
suburb (
C
)
commercial center (
C
)
mining center (
C
)
capital (
H
)
............
made seat of district in 1931 & seat of municipality in 1943
neighborhood (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Caxias..........
[
VP
]
.................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
IV, 285
.................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
-640628
Duque de Caxias..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.............................
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
I, 259
.............................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
IV, 284
.............................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
-640628
.............................
Times Atlas of the World (1992)
59
Meriti Station..........
[
VP
]
.............................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
IV, 285
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
I, 259
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
IV, 284; IV, 285
..................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
-640628
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1992)
59
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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