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ID: 7009960
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7009960
Record Type:
administrative
Tampere (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 61 30 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 61.5000
decimal degrees
Long: 023 45 00 E
degrees minutes
Long: 23.7500
decimal degrees
Note:
River port located on an isthmus traversed by the Tammerkoski (rapids); was medieval trading center; grew dramatically after 1821; now is large industrial center noted for striving to preserve the natural environment around it.
Names:
Tampere
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Tammerfors
(
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Europe
(continent) (
P
)
........
Suomi
(nation) (
P
)
............
Pirkanmaa
(region (administrative division)) (
P
)
................
Tampere
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
trading center since 11th cen., but founded in 1779
city (
C
)
port (
C
)
industrial center (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Tammerfors..........
[
VP
]
.......................
NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Tampere..........
[
BHA
,
VP Preferred
]
.................
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
II, 912
.................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
XI, 533
.................
NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
.................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
Subject:
.....
[
BHA
,
VP
]
..................
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
II, 912
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
XI, 533
..................
NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
accessed 12 August 2014
..................
NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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