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ID: 1018917
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1018917
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Bayamón (inhabited place)  Bayamón (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 18 24 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 18.4000  decimal degrees
Long: 066 10 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -66.1667  decimal degrees

Note: Island's first settlement by Ponce de Le400on was located in this area, but abandoned in 1521; economy is based on manufacture of clothing, furniture, automotive parts & other products.

Names:
Bayamón (preferred,C,V)
Caparra (H,V)  ............ used for 16th cen. settlement

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of North and Central America (continent)  ....  North and Central America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Puerto Rico (unincorporated territory)  ........  Puerto Rico (unincorporated territory) (P)
Hierarchy of Bayamón (municipality)  ............  Bayamón (municipality) (P)
Hierarchy of Bayamón (inhabited place)  ................  Bayamón (inhabited place) (P)

Additional Parents:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of North and Central America (continent)  ....  North and Central America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Puerto Rico (unincorporated territory)  ........  Puerto Rico (unincorporated territory) (P)
Hierarchy of Bayamón (senatorial district)  ............  Bayamón (senatorial district) (P)
Hierarchy of Bayamón (inhabited place)  ................  Bayamón (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  settlement by Ponce de León dates from 1508, official founding date is 1772
town (C)
commercial center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Bayamón..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 85 & 152
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) I, 976
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 23
Caparra..........  [VP]
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) I, 976
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 85 & 152
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) I, 976
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 23
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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