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ID: 7009561
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7009561
Record Type:
administrative
Glenrothes (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 56 12 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 56.2000
decimal degrees
Long: 003 11 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -3.1833
decimal degrees
Note:
Established after World War II as a "new town" to provide housing for coal miners; newer industries include electronic, computer & plastic manufacturing.
Names:
Glenrothes
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
,
English
,
U
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
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Europe
(continent) (
P
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United Kingdom
(nation) (
P
)
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Scotland
(country) (
P
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Fife
(unitary authority) (
P
)
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Glenrothes
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
"new town" was established in 1948
town (
C
)
industrial center (
C
)
regional capital (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Glenrothes..........
[
BHA
,
VP Preferred
]
.......................
Bartholomew Gazetteer of Britain (1986)
.......................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
V, 302
.......................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.......................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
73
Subject:
.....
[
BHA
,
VP
]
..................
Bartholomew Gazetteer of Britain (1986)
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
V, 302
..................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
-2597181
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
73
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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