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ID: 7002849
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7002849
Record Type:
administrative
Vizcaya (province)
Coordinates:
Lat: 43 15 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 43.2500
decimal degrees
Long: 002 55 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -2.9160
decimal degrees
Note:
Borders Bay of Biscay to N; was land of Vascone tribe in the 4th cen.; economy of coastal region is based on fishing & tourism; industrial & commercial activity of province is based in Bilbao & the surrounding area.
Names:
Vizcaya
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Bizcaya
(
C
,
V
)
Bizkaia
(
C
,
V
)
Biscay
(
C
,
O
)
Provincia de Vizcaya
(
NA
,
V
)
Vizcaya, Provincia de
(
NA
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Europe
(continent) (
P
)
........
Spain
(nation) (
P
)
............
Basque Provinces
(autonomous community) (
P
)
................
Vizcaya
(province) (
P
)
Place Types:
province (
preferred
,
C
)
............
became one of 3 provinces of País Vasco region 1980
second level subdivision (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Biscay..........
[
VP
]
.................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
XII, 410
Bizcaya..........
[
BHA
]
.................
BHA, Authority file (1973-)
Bizkaia..........
[
VP
]
.................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
XII, 410
.................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Provincia de Vizcaya..........
[
VP
]
...................................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Vizcaya..........
[
BHA
,
GRLPSC
,
VP Preferred
]
.................
Blue Guide: Spain (1980)
95
.................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
XII, 410
.................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
Plate 73
.................
USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
.................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
Vizcaya, Provincia de..........
[
VP
]
......................................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Subject:
.....
[
BHA
,
GRLPSC
,
VP
]
..................
BHA, Authority file (1973-)
..................
Blue Guide: Spain (1980)
95
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
XII, 410
..................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
-408929
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
Plate 73
..................
USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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