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ID: 1020009
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1020009
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of San Juan (inhabited place)  San Juan (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 31 33 00 S  degrees minutes   Lat: -31.5500  decimal degrees
Long: 068 31 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -68.5167  decimal degrees

Note: City was moved to present location in 1593 due to floods; was destroyed by earthquake in 1944, has since been rebuilt; is processing center for meat, wines, fruits and grains; was birthplace of Domingo Sarmiento, president of Argentinia 1868-1874.

Names:
San Juan (preferred,C,V)
San Juan de la Frontera (H,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of South America (continent)  ....  South America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Argentina (nation)  ........  Argentina (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of San Juan (province)  ............  San Juan (province) (P)
Hierarchy of San Juan (inhabited place)  ................  San Juan (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  founded 1562
city (C)
provincial capital (C)
commercial center (C)
industrial center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
San Juan..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Times Atlas of the World. Reprint ed. (1994) 171
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 1068
San Juan de la Frontera..........  [VP]
.........................................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) X, 391
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) X, 391
..................  Times Atlas of the World. Reprint ed. (1994) 171
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 1068
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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