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ID: 1000570
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1000570
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Chontales (department)  Chontales (department)

Coordinates:
Lat: 12 05 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 12.0833  decimal degrees
Long: 085 10 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -85.1667  decimal degrees

Note: Borders Boaco department to NW, Zelaya department to NE, Río San Juan department to SE & Lake Nicaragua to SW; Chontales included land of Río San Juan department until 1949; coffee, sugarcane, bananas, beans, corn & cheese are important products.

Names:
Chontales (preferred,C,V)
Chontales, Departamento de (C,V)
Departamento de Chontales (C,U,O)
NU04 (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 Nicaragua (nation)  ........  Nicaragua (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Chontales (department)  ............  Chontales (department) (P)

Place Types:
department (preferred, C)  ............  current boundaries established 1949
first level subdivision (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Chontales..........  [VP Preferred]
....................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) III, 263
....................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 3620368
....................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -1110643
Chontales, Departamento de..........  [VP]
...............................................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Departamento de Chontales..........  [VP]
............................................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 3620368
............................................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -1110643
NU04..........  [VP]
...........  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) III, 263
..................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 3620368
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -1110643
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................  Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chontales_Department
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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