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ID: 1016637
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1016637
Record Type:
administrative
Chiquimula (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 14 48 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 14.8000
decimal degrees
Long: 089 32 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -89.5333
decimal degrees
Note:
Located on Río San Jose; was a colonial center; was heavily damaged by earthquakes in 18th cen.; today is a processing center for fruits, corn, tobacco & cattle raised in area; connected to Guatemala City via Pan-American Highway.
Names:
Chiquimula
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
North and Central America
(continent) (
P
)
........
Guatemala
(nation) (
P
)
............
Chiquimula
(department) (
P
)
................
Chiquimula
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
founded in colonial times
city (
C
)
department capital (
C
)
market center (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Chiquimula..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.......................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
III, 245
.......................
Times Atlas of the World (1992)
45
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
III, 245
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1992)
45
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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