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ID: 1017211
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1017211
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Ciudad Chetumal (inhabited place)  Ciudad Chetumal (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 18 30 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 18.5000  decimal degrees
Long: 088 18 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -88.3000  decimal degrees

Note: Founded to prevent illegal exploitation of timber & shipments of contraband arms & ammunition; relies on forestry & forest products for income; exports chicle, lumber & plywood; located in tropical rain forest.

Names:
Ciudad Chetumal (preferred,C,V)
Chetumal (C,V)
Payo Obispo (H,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of North and Central America (continent)  ....  North and Central America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of México (nation)  ........  México (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Quintana Roo (state)  ............  Quintana Roo (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Ciudad Chetumal (inhabited place)  ................  Ciudad Chetumal (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  founded 1899
town (C)
state capital (C)  ............  since 1902
trade center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Chetumal..........  [VP]
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) III, 182
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 251
Ciudad Chetumal..........  [VP Preferred]
.............................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.............................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Payo Obispo..........  [VP]
.......................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) III, 182
.......................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) III, 182
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -1656952
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 251
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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