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ID: 1098767
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1098767
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Hagåtña (inhabited place)  Hagåtña (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 13 28 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 13.4667  decimal degrees
Long: 144 45 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 144.7500  decimal degrees

Note: Area was site of prehistoric Latte culture; modern town of 10,000 inhabitants was completely destroyed in WW II when US recaptured it from Japanese; reconstruction has been slow due to the difficulty of determining ownership of many small plots of land.

Names:
Hagåtña (preferred,C,V)
Agana (C,V)
Agaña (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Oceania (continent)  ....  Oceania (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Guam (dependent state)  ........  Guam (dependent state) (P)
Hierarchy of Hagåtña (inhabited place)  ............  Hagåtña (inhabited place) (P)

Additional Parents:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Oceania (continent)  ....  Oceania (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Guam (dependent state)  ........  Guam (dependent state) (P)
Hierarchy of Guam Island (island)  ............  Guam Island (island) (P)
Hierarchy of Hagåtña (inhabited place)  ................  Hagåtña (inhabited place)
 
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Oceania (continent)  ....  Oceania (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Guam (dependent state)  ........  Guam (dependent state) (P)
Hierarchy of Hagatna (municipality)  ............  Hagatna (municipality) (P,U)
Hierarchy of Hagåtña (inhabited place)  ................  Hagåtña (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  prehistoric Latte settlement was nearby; modern town was destroyed in 1944
town (C)
capital (C)

Related geographic places:
capital of ....  Guam .......... (dependent state)
..................  (World, Oceania) [7000550]

Sources and Contributors:
Agana..........  [VP]
..............  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) I, 139
..............  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 7
..............  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 14
Agaña..........  [VP]
..............  Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) 6
Hagåtña..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Guam U.S.A. (1999) accessed 03/22/99
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) 6
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) I, 139
..................  Guam U.S.A. (1999) accessed 03/22/99
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 7
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 14
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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