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ID: 1016494
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1016494
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of San Juan de la Maguana (inhabited place)  San Juan de la Maguana (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 18 48 21 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 18.8050  decimal degrees
Long: 071 13 48 W  degrees minutes   Long: -71.2300  decimal degrees

Note: Spanish explorer Diego Velázquez founded this city by royal decree on the site of the Taino capital, ruled by Chief Caonabo; settlement grew with an influx of ranchers in 1764; Battle of Santomé for Dominican independence was fought nearby in 1844.

Names:
San Juan de la Maguana (preferred,C,V)
San Juan (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of North and Central America (continent)  ....  North and Central America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Dominican Republic (nation)  ........  Dominican Republic (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of San Juan (province)  ............  San Juan (province) (P)
Hierarchy of San Juan de la Maguana (inhabited place)  ................  San Juan de la Maguana (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  founded in 1508, on the site of the Taino Amerindian capital
city (C)
provincial capital (C)

Sources and Contributors:
San Juan..........  [VP]
.................  Britannica Book of the Year (1992) 587
.................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 11 March 2014
San Juan de la Maguana..........  [VP Preferred]
.........................................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) X, 392
.........................................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 11 March 2014
.........................................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 174
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Britannica Book of the Year (1992) 587
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) X, 392
..................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 11 March 2014
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 174
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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