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ID: 1063688
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1063688
Record Type:
administrative
Sundsvall (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 62 22 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 62.3667
decimal degrees
Long: 017 20 00 E
degrees minutes
Long: 17.3333
decimal degrees
Note:
Seaport located at mouth of Selånger river on Gulf of Bothnia; chartered by Gustavus II Adolphus in 17th cen., burned by Russians in 1721; burned & rebuilt several other times, last in 1890s; in timber region, is center for pulp production.
Names:
Sundsvall
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
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Europe
(continent) (
P
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Sweden
(nation) (
P
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Västernorrland
(county) (
P
)
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Sundsvall
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
chartered in 1621
town (
C
)
port (
C
)
industrial center (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Sundsvall..........
[
VP Preferred
]
....................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
XI, 395
....................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
191
Subject:
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[
VP
]
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
XI, 395
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
191
Note:
English
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[
VP
]
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