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ID: 1084337
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1084337
Record Type:
administrative
Lapu Lapu City (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 10 18 37 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 10.3100
decimal degrees
Long: 123 56 58 E
degrees minutes
Long: 123.9490
decimal degrees
Note:
Named for Chief Lapulapu, who killed Ferdinand Magellan 1521 and became a national hero; is a coconut-growing and fishing center; has excellent port facilities and petroleum installations.
Names:
Lapu Lapu City
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Lapu-Lapu
(
C
,
V
)
Opon
(
H
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Asia
(continent) (
P
)
........
Philippines
(nation) (
P
)
............
Lapu-Lapu
(special city) (
P
)
................
Lapu Lapu City
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Additional Parents:
World
(facet)
....
Asia
(continent) (
P
)
........
Philippines
(nation) (
P
)
............
Lapu-Lapu
(special city) (
P
)
................
Mactan Island
(island) (
P
)
....................
Lapu Lapu City
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
city (
C
)
port (
C
)
transportation center (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Lapu-Lapu..........
[
VP Preferred
]
....................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
VII, 160
....................
Times Atlas of the World (1992)
118
....................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
650
Lapu Lapu City..........
[
VP
]
.............................
NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
accessed 16 April 2015
Opon..........
[
VP
]
...........
Rand McNally Atlas (1986)
I-128
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
VII, 160
..................
NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
accessed 16 April 2015
..................
Rand McNally Atlas (1986)
I-128
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1992)
118
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
650
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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