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ID: 1065046
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1065046
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Karlovac (inhabited place)  Karlovac (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 45 30 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 45.5000  decimal degrees
Long: 015 34 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 15.5667  decimal degrees

Note: Located at confluence of Korana & Kupa rivers; economy based on heavy industry; Turks made unsuccessful attempts to capture fortress during 16th & 17th cen.; noted for oldest public library in Croatia & several Orthodox & Roman Catholic cathedrals.

Names:
Karlovac (preferred,C,V)
Karlstadt (C,O)
Kárloyváros (C,O)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Croatia (nation)  ........  Croatia (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Karlovačka Županija (county)  ............  Karlovačka Županija (county) (P)
Hierarchy of Karlovac (inhabited place)  ................  Karlovac (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  founded in 1579 as a fortress built to repel Turkish invasion
city (C)
county seat (C)
industrial center (C)  ............  houses hydroelectrical power plants & chemical factories
manufacturing center (C)  ............  includes woolen mills, tanneries & boot & chemical factories
transportation center (C)  ............  for railway & road junctions
trade center (C)  ............  for timber, grain, wine, spirits & honey

Sources and Contributors:
Karlovac..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 464
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VI, 744
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 96
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 592
Kárloyváros..........  [VP]
.......................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 464
Karlstadt..........  [VP]
....................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 592
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 464
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VI, 744
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 96
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 592
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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