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ID: 7011529
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Košice (inhabited place)  Košice (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 48 44 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 48.7333  decimal degrees
Long: 021 15 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 21.2500  decimal degrees

Note: Situated on Hornád river; chartered 1241; under occupation of Hungarians 1938; first base for government of Czechoslovakia & Slovak National Council after 1945; large population expansion since 1945; facilities for iron & steel located S of city.

Names:
Košice (preferred,C,V)
Kaschau (C,V)
Kassa (C,O)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Slovakia (nation)  ........  Slovakia (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Košický (administrative region)  ............  Košický (administrative region) (P)
Hierarchy of Košice (inhabited place)  ................  Košice (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  originated 9th cen.
city (C)
regional capital (C)
industrial center (C)
market center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Kaschau..........  [BHA, VP]
.................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Kassa..........  [BHA, VP]
..............  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Košice..........  [BHA, VP Preferred]
.................  Baedekers: Tschechoslowakei (1968) 200
.................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VI, 969
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 104
.................  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  Baedekers: Tschechoslowakei (1968) 200
..................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VI, 969
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 104
..................  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
 
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