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ID: 1000532
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1000532
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Boquerón (department)  Boquerón (department)

Coordinates:
Lat: 21 30 00 S  degrees minutes   Lat: -21.5000  decimal degrees
Long: 060 00 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -60.0000  decimal degrees

Note: Located in NW Paraguay, bordering Bolivia & Argentina; produces quebracho timber, soybeans, cotton, broomcorn & peanuts; is home to endangered jaguars, pumas, tapirs, wild hogs & foxes.

Names:
Boquerón (preferred,C,V)
Departamento de Boquerón (C,V,O)
Decimosexto Departamento (C,U)
PA24 (C,U,FIPS)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of South America (continent)  ....  South America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Paraguay (nation)  ........  Paraguay (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Boquerón (department)  ............  Boquerón (department) (P)

Additional Parents:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of South America (continent)  ....  South America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Paraguay (nation)  ........  Paraguay (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Región Occidental (region (geographic))  ............  Región Occidental (region (geographic)) (P)
Hierarchy of Boquerón (department)  ................  Boquerón (department) (P)

Place Types:
department (preferred, C)  ............  established 1944; boundaries reorganized 1974
first level subdivision (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Boquerón..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) II, 377
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 3867442
.................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 22 January 2014
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -910084
.................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-22
Decimosexto Departamento..........  [VP]
.........................................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 3867442
.........................................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -910084
Departamento de Boquerón..........  [VP]
.........................................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 3867442
.........................................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 22 January 2014
.........................................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -910084
PA24..........  [VP]
...........  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) II, 377
..................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 3867442
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -910084
..................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-22
..................  Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boquer%C3%B3n_Department
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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