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ID: 1136594
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1136594
Record Type:
administrative
Vila Velha (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 20 23 00 S
degrees minutes
Lat: -20.3833
decimal degrees
Long: 040 18 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -40.3000
decimal degrees
Note:
Located on Baía do Espŕito Santo; chocolate- & candy-making are principal industries; nearby is 16th-cen. convent of Our Lady of Penha.
Names:
Vila Velha
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
,
O
,
Portuguese-P
)
Espírito Santo
(
C
,
V
)
Espírito Santo de Vitória
(
C
,
U
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
South America
(continent) (
P
)
........
Brasil
(nation) (
P
)
............
Espírito Santo
(state) (
P
)
................
Vila Velha
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
founded in 1535
city (
C
)
............
given city status in 1896
industrial center (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Espírito Santo..........
[
VP
]
.............................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
XII, 368
.............................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
-679171
Espírito Santo de Vitória..........
[
VP
]
............................................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
-679171
Vila Velha..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.......................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
XII, 368
.......................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
-679171
.......................
Times Atlas of the World (1992)
209
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
XII, 368
..................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
-679171
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1992)
209
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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