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ID: 7005859
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7005859
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of San Juan (inhabited place)  San Juan (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 18 29 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 18.4833  decimal degrees
Long: 066 08 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -66.1333  decimal degrees

Note: After Juan Ponce de León established island's first settlement nearby, it was soon moved to this location; Spanish began massive fortifications in 1533; was point of departure for expeditions to explore the New World; has expanded greatly in 20th cen.

Names:
San Juan (preferred,C,V)
San Juan del Puerto Rico (H,V)
Puerto Rico (H,V)  ............ original 16th cen. name for the settlement, eventually used to refer to the island instead

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of North and Central America (continent)  ....  North and Central America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Puerto Rico (unincorporated territory)  ........  Puerto Rico (unincorporated territory) (P)
Hierarchy of San Juan (municipality)  ............  San Juan (municipality) (P)
Hierarchy of San Juan (inhabited place)  ................  San Juan (inhabited place) (P)

Additional Parents:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of North and Central America (continent)  ....  North and Central America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Puerto Rico (unincorporated territory)  ........  Puerto Rico (unincorporated territory) (P)
Hierarchy of San Juan (senatorial district)  ............  San Juan (senatorial district) (P)
Hierarchy of San Juan (inhabited place)  ................  San Juan (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  settlement moved from Caparra (Bayamón) to this site in 1521
city (C)
capital (C)
port (C)
tourist center (C)
fort (H)

Related geographic places:
capital of ....  Puerto Rico .......... (unincorporated territory)
..................  (World, North and Central America) [7004643]

Sources and Contributors:
Puerto Rico..........  [VP]
.......................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) X, 392
San Juan..........  [BHA, VP Preferred]
.................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 824
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) X, 392
.................  Nagel's: Portugal (1971)
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 174
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
San Juan del Puerto Rico..........  [VP]
.........................................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 355
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 824
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) X, 392
..................  Nagel's: Portugal (1971)
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 174
..................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 355
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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