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ID: 7009782
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7009782
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Aberdeen (inhabited place)  Aberdeen (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 57 08 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 57.1333  decimal degrees
Long: 002 06 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -2.1000  decimal degrees

Note: Located on North Sea coast; main center of country's fishing industry; originally two towns; burned by English under Edward II in 1336; suffered during Civl War in 1650s; noted for St. Nicholas Church (1755) by James Gibbs & King's College (1494).

Names:
Aberdeen (preferred,C,V,English,U)
Devana (H,O)  ............ ancient

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of United Kingdom (nation)  ........  United Kingdom (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Scotland (country)  ............  Scotland (country) (P)
Hierarchy of Aberdeen (unitary authority)  ................  Aberdeen (unitary authority) (P)
Hierarchy of Aberdeen (inhabited place)  ....................  Aberdeen (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  reputedly founded by St. Machar, a follower of St. Columba, in 580
city (C)  ............  first chartered in 1179
regional capital (C)
port (C)
industrial center (C)
commercial center (C)
educational center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Aberdeen..........  [BHA, GRLPSC, VP Preferred]
.................  Blue Guide: Scotland (1980) 275-280
.................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 2
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) I, 28
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 6
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
Devana..........  [GRLPSC, VP]
.................  GRI Photo Archive, Authority File (1998) 12567
Subject: .....  [BHA, GRLPSC, VP]
..................  Blue Guide: Scotland (1980) 275-280
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 2
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) I, 28
..................  GRI Photo Archive, Authority File (1998) 12567
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2587757
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 6
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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