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ID: 4010660 Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/4010660			Record Type: administrative

Southwest (general region)

Coordinates:
Lat: 33 00 00 N degrees minutes			Lat: 33.0000 decimal degrees
Long: 108 00 00 W degrees minutes			Long: -108.0000 decimal degrees

Note: Area to which term applies has changed with westward expansion of the USA; today usually refers to Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas; area is linked by arid climate and pastoral agricultural economy. Term can also be used as a reference to the indigenous culture area existing within the same boundaries.

Names:

Southwest (preferred,C,V)

The Southwest (C,V)

Southwestern States (C,V)

Etats-Unis du Sud-Ouest (C,O)

Hierarchical Position:

World (facet)

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North and Central America (continent) (P)

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United States (nation) (P)

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Southwest (general region) (P)

Place Types:

general region (preferred, C)

Sources and Contributors:

Etats-Unis du Sud-Ouest..........	[BHA]
.........................................	BHA, Authority file (1973-)

Southwest..........	[BHA]
....................	LC Subject Headings, 10th edition (1986)

Southwestern States..........	[BHA]
...................................	BHA, Authority file (1973-)

The Southwest..........	[VP]
..........................	Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) XXIX, 401 ff.

Subject: .....	[BHA, VP]
..................	BHA, Authority file (1973-)
..................	Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) XXIX, 401 ff.
..................	LC Subject Headings, 10th edition (1986)


Note:
English	..........	[VP]
	..........	Getty Vocabulary Program rules
	..........	McCord Museum (2017-) accessed 28 February 2017

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