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ID: 1084143
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1084143
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Cebu City (inhabited place)  Cebu City (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 10 18 40 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 10.3110  decimal degrees
Long: 123 53 30 E  degrees minutes   Long: 123.8910  decimal degrees

Note: Oldest Spanish town in Philippines; has Santo Niño Church in front of which is cross Magellan set up at first Mass on island; has a cathedral & old Spanish stone fort; occupied by Legaspi 1565; capital of Spanish possessions in Philippines until 1571.

Names:
Cebu City (preferred,C,V)
City of Cebu (C,O)
Cebu (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Philippines (nation)  ........  Philippines (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Cebu (special city)  ............  Cebu (special city) (P)
Hierarchy of Cebu City (inhabited place)  ................  Cebu City (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  founded 1521 by Magellan
city (C)  ............  chartered 1936
provincial capital (C)
port (C)
trade center (C)
industrial center (C)
commercial center (C)
transportation center (C)
educational center (C)
archiepiscopal see (C)
capital (H)  ............  of Spanish colony, 1565-1571

Sources and Contributors:
Cebu..........  [VP Preferred]
...........  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) III, 2
...........  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 41
Cebu City..........  [VP]
....................  Grove Dictionary of Art (1996) 33:772
City of Cebu..........  [VP]
.......................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 231
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) III, 2
..................  Grove Dictionary of Art (1996) 33:772
..................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 16 April 2015
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 41
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 231
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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