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ID: 7015516
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Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Krk (inhabited place)  Krk (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 45 02 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 45.0333  decimal degrees
Long: 014 34 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 14.5667  decimal degrees

Note: Located on island in Adriatic Sea; Romans fled to Krk from Slav invaders; retained Greco-Roman dialect until 19th cen.; was ruled by Croatia, by Francopan family under Venice & Hungary (1133-1480), Austria (18th cen.), France (1809-1813) & Yugoslavia.

Names:
Krk (preferred,C,V)
Veglia (C,O)  ............ Italian name
Vecla (H,V)  ............ Byzantine
Curicum (H,V)  ............ Latin

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Hrvatska (nation)  ........  Hrvatska (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Primorsko-Goranska Županija (county)  ............  Primorsko-Goranska Županija (county) (P)
Hierarchy of Krk (inhabited place)  ................  Krk (inhabited place) (P)

Additional Parents:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Hrvatska (nation)  ........  Hrvatska (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Primorsko-Goranska Županija (county)  ............  Primorsko-Goranska Županija (county) (P)
Hierarchy of Krk (island)  ................  Krk (island) (P)
Hierarchy of Krk (inhabited place)  ....................  Krk (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  since Neolithic times, settled by Greeks, ruled by Romans in 1st cen. BC & Slavs in 7th cen.
town (C)
agricultural center (C)  ............  for viticulture, animal husbandry & growing Mediterranean fruits & beekeeping

Sources and Contributors:
Curicum..........  [VP]
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VII, 9
Krk..........  [BHA, VP Preferred]
...........  Baedekers: Yugoslavia (1983)
...........  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VII, 9
...........  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 81
...........  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
...........  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 630
Vecla..........  [VP]
..............  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VII, 9
Veglia..........  [BHA, VP]
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 630
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  Baedekers: Yugoslavia (1983)
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VII, 9
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 81
..................  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 630
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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