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ID: 1021278
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1021278
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Cruz Alta (inhabited place)  Cruz Alta (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 28 38 00 S  degrees minutes   Lat: -28.6333  decimal degrees
Long: 053 38 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -53.6333  decimal degrees

Note: Located in Coxilha Grande; agricultural & cattle-raising center; industries include meat packing & flour milling; linked by air & rail to Pôrto Alegre, the state capital.

Names:
Cruz Alta (preferred,C,V,O)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of South America (continent)  ....  South America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Brazil (nation)  ........  Brazil (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Rio Grande do Sul (state)  ............  Rio Grande do Sul (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Cruz Alta (inhabited place)  ................  Cruz Alta (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  founded in 1834
city (C)  ............  given city staus in 1879
agricultural center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Cruz Alta..........  [VP Preferred]
....................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) III, 766
....................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -639181
....................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 51
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) III, 766
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -639181
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 51
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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