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ID: 1000573
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1000573
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Colón (department)  Colón (department)

Coordinates:
Lat: 15 45 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 15.7500  decimal degrees
Long: 085 40 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -85.6667  decimal degrees

Note: NE Honduras; borders Caribbean Sea to N; primarily inhabited in NW coastal plain & Aguán river valley; products include lumber, rice, cassava, sweet potatoes, citrus fruits & bananas; highway connects department to ports of Puerto Castilla & Limón.

Names:
Colón (preferred,C,V)
Departamento de Colón (C,V,O)
Colón, Departamento de (C,V)
HO03 (C,U,FIPS)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of North and Central America (continent)  ....  North and Central America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Honduras (nation)  ........  Honduras (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Colón (department)  ............  Colón (department) (P)

Place Types:
department (preferred, C)
first level subdivision (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Colón..........  [VP Preferred]
..............  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) III, 463
..............  GeoNames online [n.d.] 3613358
..............  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 20 February 2014
..............  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -1117739
Colón, Departamento de..........  [VP]
.........................................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Departamento de Colón..........  [VP]
......................................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 3613358
......................................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 20 February 2014
......................................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -1117739
HO03..........  [VP]
...........  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) III, 463
..................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 3613358
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -1117739
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................  Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Col%C3%B3n_Department_%28Honduras%29
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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