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ID: 1016656
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1016656
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Escuintla (inhabited place)  Escuintla (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 14 18 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 14.3000  decimal degrees
Long: 090 47 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -90.7833  decimal degrees

Note: One of nation's largest cities; was prominent trading center for indigo during 17th-18th cen.; is a processing center for cotton, sugar & coconuts grown in area; industries include textile mills & meat-packing; is a popular resort known for mineral baths.

Names:
Escuintla (preferred,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 Guatemala (nation)  ........  Guatemala (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Escuintla (department)  ............  Escuintla (department) (P)
Hierarchy of Escuintla (inhabited place)  ................  Escuintla (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)
city (C)
department capital (C)
industrial center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Escuintla..........  [VP Preferred]
....................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IV, 556
....................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 63
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IV, 556
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 63
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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