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ID: 1049791
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1049791
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Horta (inhabited place)  Horta (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 38 32 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 38.5333  decimal degrees
Long: 028 38 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -28.6333  decimal degrees

Note: Located on SE shore of Faial island; was base for American whalers on Atlantic Ocean 1700-1910; exports wine, fruit & grains; site of radio station, air base & naval base; noted architecture includes churches of São Salvador & São Francisco.

Names:
Horta (preferred,C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Portugal (nation)  ........  Portugal (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Açores (autonomous region)  ............  Açores (autonomous region) (P)
Hierarchy of Horta (inhabited place)  ................  Horta (inhabited place) (P)

Additional Parents:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Portugal (nation)  ........  Portugal (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Açores (autonomous region)  ............  Açores (autonomous region) (P)
Hierarchy of Faial, Ilha do (island)  ................  Faial, Ilha do (island) (P)
Hierarchy of Horta (inhabited place)  ....................  Horta (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  founded by Flemish Jobst van Heurter under jurisdiction of Portuguese royals 1466
town (C)
district capital (C)
port (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Horta..........  [VP Preferred]
..............  Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) 272
..............  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VI, 74
..............  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 28 April 2014
..............  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
..............  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 86
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) 272
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VI, 74
..................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 28 April 2014
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2167069
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 86
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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