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ID: 2066948
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/2066948
Record Type:
administrative
Farmington (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 36 43 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 36.7167
decimal degrees
Long: 108 13 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -108.2167
decimal degrees
Note:
Located in NW New Mexico at junction of Animas, La Plata & San Juan rivers; was originally small farming community trading with Amerindians; prospered after construction of dam; expanded with discovery of coal, oil & natural gas in 1950s.
Names:
Farmington
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
To Ta
(
C
,
V
)
Tohta
(
C
,
V
)
Tqo Tah
(
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
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North and Central America
(continent) (
P
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United States
(nation) (
P
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New Mexico
(state) (
P
)
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San Juan
(county) (
P
)
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Farmington
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
founded in 1876 when Indian lands were made available for homesteading, incorporated in 1901
city (
C
)
oil field site (
C
)
petroleum refining center (
C
)
mining center (
C
)
............
for coal
manufacturing center (
C
)
............
produces various consumer products
power production center (
C
)
trade center (
C
)
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for area, especially for nearby Ute Mountain & Navajo Indian Reservations
transportation center (
C
)
............
for rail
educational center (
C
)
............
for branch of New Mexico State University
tourist center (
C
)
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for nearby Chaco Canyon & Aztec Ruins National Monuments & for Salmon (Pueblo) Ruins
Sources and Contributors:
Farmington..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.......................
Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990)
200
.......................
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
I, 289
.......................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
IV, 686
.......................
USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994)
GNIS35008636
.......................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
391
Tohta..........
[
VP
]
..............
USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994)
GNIS35008636
To Ta..........
[
VP
]
..............
USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994)
GNIS35008636
Tqo Tah..........
[
VP
]
.................
USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994)
GNIS35008636
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990)
200
..................
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
I, 289
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
IV, 686
..................
USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994)
GNIS35008636
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
391
Note:
English
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[
VP
]
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