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ID: 1022148
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1022148
Record Type:
administrative
Montes Claros (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 16 45 00 S
degrees minutes
Lat: -16.7500
decimal degrees
Long: 043 52 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -43.8667
decimal degrees
Note:
Located in Serra do Epinhaço; is a trade center for cattle, beans, corn, cassava & cotton; produces textiles & furniture; teacher's university was founded in 1962; has a commercial airport.
Names:
Montes Claros
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
,
O
,
Portuguese-P
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
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South America
(continent) (
P
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Brazil
(nation) (
P
)
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Minas Gerais
(state) (
P
)
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Montes Claros
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
made seat of municipality in 1831
city (
C
)
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given city status in 1857
agricultural center (
C
)
industrial center (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Montes Claros..........
[
VP Preferred
]
..........................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
VIII, 283
..........................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
-655868
..........................
Times Atlas of the World (1992)
130
Subject:
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[
VP
]
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Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
VIII, 283
..................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
-655868
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1992)
130
Note:
English
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[
VP
]
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