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ID: 1018989
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1018989
Record Type:
administrative
Mayagüez (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 18 13 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 18.2167
decimal degrees
Long: 067 09 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -67.1500
decimal degrees
Note:
Located on W part of island, on excellent deepwater harbor; was destroyed by earthquake & tidal wave in 1918, but has been since rebuilt; noted as one of the most politically progressive centers of Puerto Rico.
Names:
Mayagüez
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria de Mayagüez
(
H
,
V
)
............
used from 1760
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
North and Central America
(continent) (
P
)
........
Puerto Rico
(unincorporated territory) (
P
)
............
Mayagüez
(municipality) (
P
)
................
Mayagüez
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Additional Parents:
World
(facet)
....
North and Central America
(continent) (
P
)
........
Puerto Rico
(unincorporated territory) (
P
)
............
Mayagüez-Aguadilla
(senatorial district) (
P
)
................
Mayagüez
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
established 1760
city (
C
)
............
elevated to status of a city in 1877
port (
C
)
transportation center (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Mayagüez..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.................
Times Atlas of the World (1992)
124
Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria de Mayagüez..........
[
VP
]
.......................................................................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
VII, 971
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
VII, 971
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1992)
124
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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