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ID: 7007127
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7007127
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Acapulco de Juárez (inhabited place)  Acapulco de Juárez (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 16 51 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 16.8500  decimal degrees
Long: 099 55 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -99.9167  decimal degrees

Note: One of finest natural anchorages in world; developed as chief port for Spanish trade with Philippines 1565-1815; is a major resort center, known as "Riviera of Mexico."

Names:
Acapulco de Juárez (preferred,C,V)
Acapulco (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 Mexico (nation)  ........  Mexico (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Guerrero (state)  ............  Guerrero (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Acapulco de Juárez (inhabited place)  ................  Acapulco de Juárez (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  founded by Hernán Cortés, 1531
city (C)  ............  since 1599
port (C)
trade center (C)
tourist center (C)
transportation center (C)
resort (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Acapulco..........  [VP]
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 6
.................  Times Atlas of World History (1989)
Acapulco de Juárez..........  [VP Preferred]
...................................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) I, 52
...................................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
...................................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
...................................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 5
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) I, 52
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -1649039
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 6
..................  Times Atlas of World History (1989)
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 5
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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