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ID: 7007114 Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7007114			Record Type: administrative

Mexicali (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 32 39 07 N degrees minutes			Lat: 32.6519 decimal degrees
Long: 115 28 06 W degrees minutes			Long: -115.4683 decimal degrees

Note: Name derived from first two syllables of Mexico & California, chosen as gesture of international friendship; economy based mostly on processing & distribution of long staple cotton & varieties of fruits & vegetables; experienced growth in 20th cen.

Names:

Mexicali (preferred,C,V)

Hierarchical Position:

World (facet)

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North and Central America (continent) (P)

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Mexico (nation) (P)

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Baja California (state) (P)

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Mexicali (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:

inhabited place (preferred, C)
city (C)
state capital (C)
agricultural center (C)
tourist center (C)

Sources and Contributors:

Mexicali..........	[BHA, VP Preferred]
.................	Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
.................	Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VIII, 78
.................	NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................	Times Atlas of the World (1994) 127
.................	USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers

Subject: .....	[BHA, VP]
..................	Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
..................	Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VIII, 78
..................	NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -1683329
..................	Times Atlas of the World (1994) 127
..................	USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers


Note:
English	..........	[VP]

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