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ID: 7015960
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7015960
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Pontianak (inhabited place)  Pontianak (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 00 05 00 S  degrees minutes   Lat: -0.0833  decimal degrees
Long: 109 16 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 109.2667  decimal degrees

Note: Previous capital of Pontianak sultanate; shipbuilding is a chief industry; is processing center for palm oil, rubber & sugar; tobacco, corn, cassava, rice & pepper are grown in the area.

Names:
Pontianak (preferred,C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Indonesia (nation)  ........  Indonesia (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Kalimantan Barat (province)  ............  Kalimantan Barat (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Pontianak (inhabited place)  ................  Pontianak (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  founded 1772
city (C)
provincial capital (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Pontianak..........  [VP Preferred]
....................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IX, 600
....................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 156
....................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 541
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IX, 600
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 156
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 541
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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