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ID: 7008844
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7008844
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Newport (inhabited place)  Newport (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 51 35 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 51.5833  decimal degrees
Long: 002 59 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -2.9833  decimal degrees

Note: Located on mouth of Usk river; noted for ruins of castle from 1126; in 19th cen., coal & steel industries began; site of uprisings known as Chariot riots in 1839; coal trade moved to port of Burry in 1964; now includes paper & chemical industries.

Names:
Newport (preferred,C,V,English,U)
Casnewydd (C,V,Welsh,U)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of United Kingdom (nation)  ........  United Kingdom (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Wales (country)  ............  Wales (country) (P)
Hierarchy of Newport (unitary authority)  ................  Newport (unitary authority) (P)
Hierarchy of Newport (inhabited place)  ....................  Newport (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  was medieval fortification, chartered in 1385
city (C)
industrial center (C)
mining center (C)
regional capital (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Casnewydd..........  [VP]
....................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VIII, 658
....................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Newport..........  [BHA, VP Preferred]
.................  Bartholomew Gazetteer of Britain (1986)
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VIII, 658
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 139
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  Bartholomew Gazetteer of Britain (1986)
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VIII, 658
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2604041
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 139
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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