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ID: 1049772
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1049772
Record Type:
administrative
Faro (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 37 01 10 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 37.0194
decimal degrees
Long: 007 55 56 W
degrees minutes
Long: -7.9322
decimal degrees
Note:
Southernmost Portuguese city; was under control of Moors from early 700s until recapture by Afonso III in 1249; was pillaged by English in 1596; almost completely ruined by earthquakes in 1722 & 1755; exports include fish, wine, sumac & fruit.
Names:
Faro
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
,
English-P
)
פארו
(
C
,
U
,
Hebrew
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Europe
(continent) (
P
)
........
Portugal
(nation) (
P
)
............
Faro
(national district) (
P
)
................
Faro
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
was an ancient center
city (
C
)
district capital (
C
)
regional capital (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
פארו..........
[
IMJ
]
...........
Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.)
Faro..........
[
IMJ Preferred
,
VP Preferred
]
...........
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
IV, 688
...........
Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.)
...........
NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
accessed 29 April 2014
...........
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
...........
NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Subject:
.....
[
IMJ
,
VP
]
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
IV, 688
..................
Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.)
..................
NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
accessed 29 April 2014
..................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
-2165075
..................
NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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