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ID: 7005457
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7005457
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of La Paz (department)  La Paz (department)

Coordinates:
Lat: 13 28 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 13.4667  decimal degrees
Long: 088 59 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -88.9833  decimal degrees

Note: Terrain is mostly hilly and mountainous; site of Nonualco Amerindian revolt in 1843; high ranking producer of nation's fruit and rice; other crops include coffee, corn, beans, and sesame seed; industries include lumber, livestock, and salt processing.

Names:
La Paz (preferred,C,V,French)
La Paz, Departamento de (C,V)
Departamento de La Paz (C,V,O)
ES06 (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 El Salvador (nation)  ........  El Salvador (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of La Paz (department)  ............  La Paz (department) (P)

Place Types:
department (preferred, C)  ............  formed in 1883
first level subdivision (C)
agricultural land (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Departamento de La Paz..........  [VP]
.........................................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 3585087
.........................................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 24 February 2014
.........................................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -1146354
ES06..........  [VP]
...........  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
La Paz..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Britannica Book of the Year (1992) 590
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VII, 70
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 3585087
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -1146354
La Paz, Departamento de..........  [VP]
.........................................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Britannica Book of the Year (1992) 590
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VII, 70
..................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 3585087
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -1146354
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................  Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Paz_Department_(El_Salvador)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Getty Vocabulary Program rules

 

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