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ID: 7005450
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7005450
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Cuscatlán (department)  Cuscatlán (department)

Coordinates:
Lat: 13 50 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 13.8333  decimal degrees
Long: 089 02 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -89.0333  decimal degrees

Note: Bounded on the north by Río Lempa and the southeast by Río Jiboa; name means "land of precious things"; rugged terrain with several volcanoes; crops include sugar, rice, tobacco, and sesame seed; industry centered in Cojutepeque, the department capital.

Names:
Cuscatlán (preferred,C,V,French)
Cuscatlán, Departamento de (C,V)
Departamento de Cuscatlán (C,V,O)
ES04 (C,U,FIPS)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of North and Central America (continent)  ....  North and Central America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of El Salvador (nation)  ........  El Salvador (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Cuscatlán (department)  ............  Cuscatlán (department) (P)

Place Types:
department (preferred, C)  ............  formed in 1853
first level subdivision (C)
agricultural land (C)
kingdom (H)  ............  of Pipil Amerindians

Sources and Contributors:
Cuscatlán..........  [VP Preferred]
....................  Britannica Book of the Year (1992) 590
....................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) III, 808
....................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 3586831
....................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -1144600
Cuscatlán, Departamento de..........  [VP]
...............................................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Departamento de Cuscatlán..........  [VP]
............................................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 3586831
............................................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 24 February 2014
............................................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -1144600
ES04..........  [VP]
...........  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Britannica Book of the Year (1992) 590
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) III, 808
..................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 3586831
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -1144600
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................  Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuscatl%C3%A1n_Department
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Getty Vocabulary Program rules

 

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