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ID: 1016431
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1016431
Record Type:
administrative
Sancti-Spíritus (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 21 55 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 21.9167
decimal degrees
Long: 079 28 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -79.4667
decimal degrees
Note:
Oldest city in nation's interior; characterized by narrow, crooked streets, old churches & plazas that preserve a colonial atmosphere; processing center for sugarcane, tobacco & dairy products from nearby agricultural regions.
Names:
Sancti-Spíritus
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
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North and Central America
(continent) (
P
)
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Cuba
(nation) (
P
)
............
Sancti-Spíritus
(province) (
P
)
................
Sancti-Spíritus
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
founded on Río Tuinicú in 1516
city (
C
)
............
moved to banks of Río Yayabo in 1524
provincial capital (
C
)
commercial center (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Sancti-Spíritus..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.............................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
X, 405
.............................
Times Atlas of the World (1992)
173
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
X, 405
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1992)
173
Note:
English
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[
VP
]
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