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ID: 7668941
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7668941
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Tenochtitlan (former community)  Tenochtitlan (former community)

Coordinates:
Lat: 19 26 06 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 19.4350  decimal degrees
Long: 099 07 51 W  degrees minutes   Long: -99.1314  decimal degrees

Note: Mexica altepetl or city-state that was located on an island in Lake Texcoco, in the Valley of Mexico. It was founded ca. 1325; was the capital of the Triple Alliance of the 15th century. Captured by Spanish forces in 1521. Its ruins exist within modern Mexico City.

Names:
Tenochtitlan (preferred,C,V)
Tenochtitlán (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of North and Central America (continent)  ....  North and Central America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of México (nation)  ........  México (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Distrito Federal (national district)  ............  Distrito Federal (national district) (P)
Hierarchy of Ciudad de México (inhabited place)  ................  Ciudad de México (inhabited place) (P)
Hierarchy of Tenochtitlan (former community)  ....................  Tenochtitlan (former community) (P)

Additional Parents:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of North and Central America (continent)  ....  North and Central America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of México (nation)  ........  México (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Aztec Empire (former nation/state/empire)  ............  Aztec Empire (former nation/state/empire) (P,H)
Hierarchy of Tenochtitlan (former community)  ................  Tenochtitlan (former community) (P)

Place Types:
former community (preferred, C)
inhabited place (C)
city-state (H)
Aztec (H)

Additional Notes:
Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl ..... Altepetl Mexica tlen mocahua ipan acomolli Texcoco, ipan valle tlen Mexco. Moyoltilih ipan 1325 huan elqui capital tlen Triple Alianza ipan siglo XV. Motechtihqueh caxtiltlacamhe ipan 1521, ininhuahcapancal eltoc ipan yancuic altepetl tlen Mexco. 
Spanish ..... Altepetl Mexica o ciudad-estado ubicada en una isla en el lago Texcoco, en el valle de México. Fue fundado ca. 1325 y fue la capital de la Triple Alianza en el siglo XV. Capturado por las fuerzas españolas en 1521, sus ruinas existen en la ciudad moderna de México. 

Related geographic places:
capital of ....  Aztec Empire .......... (former nation/state/empire)
..................  (World, North and Central America, México) [6000551]

Sources and Contributors:
Tenochtitlan..........  [BHA Preferred, FDA Preferred, VP Preferred]
.......................  BHA, Authority file (1973-)
.......................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014)
.......................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
Tenochtitlán..........  [VP]
.......................  Wimmer, Dictionnaire nahuatl [online] (n.d.)
Subject: .....  [GRI-FloCo, VP]
..................  GRI, FloCo terminology (2019-) FCT032
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014)
..........  GRI, FloCo terminology (2019-)
Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl .......... [VP]
..........  GRI, FloCo terminology (2019-)
Spanish .......... [VP]
..........  GRI, FloCo terminology (2019-)

 

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