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ID: 7004132
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7004132
Record Type:
administrative
Pitești (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 44 51 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 44.8500
decimal degrees
Long: 024 51 00 E
degrees minutes
Long: 24.8500
decimal degrees
Note:
Located in a spot sheltered by hills in Argeș river valley; probably was a Roman settlement; town developed as trading center between Transylvania & Danube plain in Middle Ages; industry in the area has grown dramatically since 1939.
Names:
Pitești
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Europe
(continent) (
P
)
........
Romania
(nation) (
P
)
............
Argeş
(county) (
P
)
................
Pitești
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
probably was a Roman settlement, first documented in 1388
city (
C
)
county seat (
C
)
industrial center (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Pitești..........
[
BHA
,
VP Preferred
]
.................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
IX, 475
.................
Times Atlas of the World (1992)
154
.................
USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
Subject:
.....
[
BHA
,
VP
]
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
IX, 475
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1992)
154
..................
USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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