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ID: 1093475
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1093475
Record Type:
administrative
Paarl (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 33 45 00 S
degrees minutes
Lat: -33.7500
decimal degrees
Long: 018 58 00 E
degrees minutes
Long: 18.9667
decimal degrees
Note:
French Huguenots settled here in 1688 & introduced viticulture; known for its extensive fruit orchards & vineyards; produces wine, tobacco & olives; manufactures cigarettes, textiles & processed foods.
Names:
Paarl
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Africa
(continent) (
P
)
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South Africa
(nation) (
P
)
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Western Cape
(province) (
P
)
................
Paarl
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
founded by Dutch farmers 1687
town (
C
)
educational center (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Paarl..........
[
VP Preferred
]
..............
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
II, 703
..............
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985)
IX, 41-42
..............
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
148
..............
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
910
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
II, 703
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985)
IX, 41-42
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
148
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
910
Note:
English
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[
VP
]
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