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ID: 1000785
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1000785

 

Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Totonicapán (department)  Totonicapán (department)

Coordinates:
Lat: 15 00 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 15.0000  decimal degrees
Long: 091 20 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -91.3333  decimal degrees

Note: Department with nation's highest elevation; inhabited by Mayas who grow corn, wheat, beans, and potatoes; some areas used for sheep grazing; flour milling is main industry; connected to Pan-American Highway, but travel is generally by mule or foot.

Names:
Totonicapán (preferred,C,V)
Totonicapán, Departamento de (C,V)
Departamento de Totonicapán (C,V,O)
Totonicapán department (C,O)
GT21 (C,U,FIPS)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of North and Central America (continent)  ....  North and Central America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Guatemala (nation)  ........  Guatemala (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Totonicapán (department)  ............  Totonicapán (department) (P)

Place Types:
department (preferred, C)
first level subdivision (C)
agricultural land (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Departamento de Totonicapán..........  [VP]
...............................................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 3588257
...............................................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 24 February 2014
...............................................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -1143134
GT21..........  [VP]
...........  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Totonicapán..........  [VP Preferred]
.......................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) XI, 865
.......................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 3588257
.......................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 24 February 2014
.......................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -1143134
Totonicapán, Departamento de..........  [VP]
...............................................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Totonicapán department..........  [VP]
.........................................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) XI, 865
..................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 3588257
..................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -1143134
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................  Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totonicap%C3%A1n_Department
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Getty Vocabulary Program rules

 

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