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ID: 7016598
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7016598
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Antofagasta (region (administrative division))  Antofagasta (region (administrative division))

Coordinates:
Lat: 23 30 00 S  degrees minutes   Lat: -23.5000  decimal degrees
Long: 069 00 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -69.0000  decimal degrees

Note: Borders Bolivia and Argentina to the east, and the Pacific Ocean to the west; second largest region in the nation; under occupation of Chilean troops during the War of the Pacific in 1879; ceded to Chile by Bolivia in 1884; supplies over half of nation's copper; also has borax and sulfur.

Names:
Antofagasta (preferred,C,V)
Región de Antofagasta (C,V)
II Región (C,V)
Segunda Región (C,V)
Antofagasta region (C,O)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of South America (continent)  ....  South America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Chile (nation)  ........  Chile (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Antofagasta (region (administrative division))  ............  Antofagasta (region (administrative division)) (P)

Place Types:
region (administrative division) (preferred, C)  ............  since 1974
first level subdivision (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Antofagasta..........  [VP Preferred]
.......................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) I, 465
.......................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 21 January 2014
.......................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Antofagasta region..........  [VP]
...................................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
II Región..........  [VP]
....................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 21 January 2014
Región de Antofagasta..........  [VP]
......................................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 21 January 2014
Segunda Región..........  [VP]
.............................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 21 January 2014
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) I, 465
..................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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