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ID: 1082827
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1082827
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Kuching (inhabited place)  Kuching (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 01 32 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 1.5333  decimal degrees
Long: 110 20 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 110.3333  decimal degrees

Note: Inhabited primarily by Chinese; Malays, Land Dayaks & Ibans live in surrounding areas; exports rubber, pepper & sago flour; is main port of Sarawak state; is connected by road to Sri Aman; Sarawak Museum is noted for exhibits on ancient Borneo.

Names:
Kuching (preferred,C,V)
Sarawak (H,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Malaysia (nation)  ........  Malaysia (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Sarawak (state)  ............  Sarawak (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Kuching (inhabited place)  ................  Kuching (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  founded by James Brooke, 1839
town (C)
state capital (C)
port (C)
trade center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Kuching..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VII, 24
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 105
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 631
Sarawak..........  [VP]
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 631
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VII, 24
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 105
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 631
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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