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ID: 7011282
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7011282
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Poole (inhabited place)  Poole (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 50 43 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 50.7167  decimal degrees
Long: 002 00 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -2.0000  decimal degrees

Note: Located on the north shore of almost landlocked harbor; controls coastal British traffic and is a major yachting center; known for its Pooleware pottery; other industries include boatbuilding and chemical manufacturing; nearby island of Brownsea is a bird sanctuary.

Names:
Poole (preferred,C,V,English,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 England (country)  ............  England (country) (P)
Hierarchy of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (unitary authority)  ................  Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (unitary authority) (P,U)
Hierarchy of Poole (inhabited place)  ....................  Poole (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)
city (C)
port (C)
manufacturing center (C)
administrative center (C)  ............  administrative headquarters of the unitary authority since April 1997.
regional capital (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Poole..........  [BHA, VP Preferred]
..............  Bartholomew Gazetteer of Britain (1986)
..............  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
..............  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IX, 602
..............  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
..............  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 156
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  Bartholomew Gazetteer of Britain (1986)
..................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IX, 602
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2605541
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 156
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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