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ID: 7013416
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7013416
Record Type:
administrative
Bethlehem (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 40 37 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 40.6167
decimal degrees
Long: 075 21 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -75.3500
decimal degrees
Note:
Located on Lehigh river; was founded by Moravian religious sect in 18th cen.; was site of hospital for Continental soldiers during American Revolution; noted for annual Bach music festival.
Names:
Bethlehem
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
City of Bethlehem
(
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
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North and Central America
(continent) (
P
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United States
(nation) (
P
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Pennsylvania
(state) (
P
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Northampton
(county) (
P
)
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Bethlehem
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
founded in 1741, became a city in 1917
city (
C
)
industrial center (
C
)
educational center (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Bethlehem..........
[
BHA
,
FDA
,
VP Preferred
]
....................
Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
....................
Library of Congress HABS/HAER (1987-)
....................
National Archives and Record Administration database (1987-)
....................
Times Atlas of the World (1988)
....................
USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994)
GNIS42037923
....................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
142
City of Bethlehem..........
[
VP
]
................................
USGS, Geographic Names System [online] (1998-)
accessed 12 December 2006
Subject:
.....
[
BHA
,
FDA
,
VP
]
..................
Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
..................
Library of Congress HABS/HAER (1987-)
..................
National Archives and Record Administration database (1987-)
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1988)
..................
USGS, Geographic Names System [online] (1998-)
accessed 12 December 2006
..................
USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994)
GNIS42037923
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
142
Note:
English
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[
VP
]
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