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ID: 7009582
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7009582
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Kristiansand (inhabited place)  Kristiansand (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 58 10 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 58.1667  decimal degrees
Long: 008 00 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 8.0000  decimal degrees

Note: Located at the mouth of the Otra river; has a large, ice-free harbor; founded & fortified by king Christian IV of Denmark & Norway in 17th cen.; the king hoped town would become a commercial center, though it did not prosper until the 19th cen.

Names:
Kristiansand (preferred,C,V)  ............ named after its founder, Christian IV
Christiansand (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Norway (nation)  ........  Norway (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Agder (county)  ............  Agder (county) (P,U)
Hierarchy of Kristiansand (inhabited place)  ................  Kristiansand (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  founded in 1641
town (C)
county seat (C)
port (C)
transportation center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Christiansand..........  [VP]
..........................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 490
Kristiansand..........  [BHA, VP Preferred]
.......................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VII, 8
.......................  Knaurs: Norwegen (1989) 112
.......................  Nagel's: Norway (1968)
.......................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
.......................  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 490
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VII, 8
..................  Knaurs: Norwegen (1989) 112
..................  Nagel's: Norway (1968)
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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