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ID: 1091321
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1091321
Record Type:
administrative
Curepipe (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 20 19 00 S
degrees minutes
Lat: -20.3167
decimal degrees
Long: 057 31 00 E
degrees minutes
Long: 57.5167
decimal degrees
Note:
Named after a township in France; developed rapidly after 1867 when a malaria outbreak forced Port Louis inhabitants to move to a safer location in the highlands; site of several import companies & a health resort.
Names:
Curepipe
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Africa
(continent) (
P
)
........
Mauritius
(nation) (
P
)
............
Plaines Wilhems
(national district) (
P
)
................
Curepipe
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Additional Parents:
World
(facet)
....
Africa
(continent) (
P
)
........
Mauritius
(nation) (
P
)
............
Mauritius
(island) (
P
)
................
Curepipe
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
township (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Curepipe..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985)
III, 798
.................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
50
.................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
305
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985)
III, 798
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
50
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
305
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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