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ID: 1016359
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1016359
Record Type:
administrative
Holguín (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 20 54 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 20.9000
decimal degrees
Long: 076 15 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -76.2500
decimal degrees
Note:
Located on Cubanacan Amerindian site; center of revolts during the Ten Years' War (1868-1878) & 1895-1898 struggle for independence; located on fertile plain; processing center for sugar, tobacco & cattle; accessible by rail, highway & air.
Names:
Holguín
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
North and Central America
(continent) (
P
)
........
Cuba
(nation) (
P
)
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Holguín
(province) (
P
)
................
Holguín
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
visited by Christopher Columbus in 1492
city (
C
)
............
founded in 1523
provincial capital (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Holguín..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.................
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
I, 394
.................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
VI, 1
.................
Times Atlas of the World (1992)
85
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
I, 394
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
VI, 1
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1992)
85
Note:
English
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[
VP
]
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