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ID: 1024269
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1024269
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Encarnación (inhabited place)  Encarnación (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 27 20 00 S  degrees minutes   Lat: -27.3333  decimal degrees
Long: 055 54 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -55.9000  decimal degrees

Note: Is one of the nation's largest cities; is connected to Posadas, Argentina by ferry; was heavily damaged by tornado in 1926; is processing center for lumber, tobacco, maté, corn, rice & cattle; site of headquarters for radio & television stations.

Names:
Encarnación (preferred,C,V)
Itapúa (H,V)

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 Itapúa (department)  ............  Itapúa (department) (P)
Hierarchy of Encarnación (inhabited place)  ................  Encarnación (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  founded 1614
city (C)
department capital (C)
commercial center (C)
industrial center (C)
educational center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Encarnación..........  [VP Preferred]
.......................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IV, 484
.......................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Itapúa..........  [VP]
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IV, 484
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IV, 484
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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