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ID: 1016389
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1016389
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Matanzas (inhabited place)  Matanzas (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 23 04 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 23.0667  decimal degrees
Long: 081 35 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -81.5833  decimal degrees

Note: Bay was used by pirates in 16th & 17th cen.; is a cultural center called the Athens of Cuba because of its libraries, museums, scholars & artists; landmarks include Castillo de San Severino, & San Carlos cathedral; exports sugar, shoes, rayon & henequen.

Names:
Matanzas (preferred,C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of North and Central America (continent)  ....  North and Central America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Cuba (nation)  ........  Cuba (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Matanzas (province)  ............  Matanzas (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Matanzas (inhabited place)  ................  Matanzas (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)
city (C)
provincial capital (C)
industrial center (C)
metropolitan area (C)
port (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Matanzas..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VII, 928
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 124
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VII, 928
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 124
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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