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ID: 1022195 Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1022195			Record Type: administrative

Natal (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 05 46 00 S degrees minutes			Lat: -5.7667 decimal degrees
Long: 035 15 00 W degrees minutes			Long: -35.2500 decimal degrees

Note: Located near mouth of Rio Potengi; produces silk, cotton, sugar, salt & hides; railroads go from city to interior & coastal urban centers; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte founded in 1958; Marine Research Institute located outside city.

Names:

Natal (preferred,C,V,O,Portuguese-P)

Hierarchical Position:

World (facet)

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South America (continent) (P)

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Brasil (nation) (P)

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Rio Grande do Norte (state) (P)

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Natal (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:

inhabited place (preferred, C)	............	founded by Portuguese in 1597
city (C)
state capital (C)
commercial center (C)
port (C)
regional capital (C)

Sources and Contributors:

Natal..........	[VP Preferred]
..............	Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VIII, 526
..............	NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -656888
..............	Times Atlas of the World (1992) 137

Subject: .....	[VP]
..................	Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VIII, 526
..................	NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -656888
..................	Times Atlas of the World (1992) 137


Note:
English	..........	[VP]

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