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ID: 1000581
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1000581
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Cortés (department)  Cortés (department)

Coordinates:
Lat: 15 25 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 15.4167  decimal degrees
Long: 088 00 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -88.0000  decimal degrees

Note: NW Honduras; borders Lake Yojoa to S & Guatemala to NW; rich soil & good rainfall have made the department an important agricultural center; chief export crop is bananas; rice, sugarcane & sweet potatoes are also grown.

Names:
Cortés (preferred,C,V)
Departamento de Cortés (C,V,O)
Cortés, Departamento de (C,V)
HO06 (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 Cortés (department)  ............  Cortés (department) (P)

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

Sources and Contributors:
Cortés..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) III, 653
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 3613140
.................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 20 February 2014
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -1117974
Cortés, Departamento de..........  [VP]
.........................................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Departamento de Cortés..........  [VP]
.........................................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 3613140
.........................................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 20 February 2014
.........................................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -1117974
HO06..........  [VP]
...........  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) III, 653
..................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 3613140
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -1117974
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................  Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cort%C3%A9s_Department
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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