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ID: 1093428
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1093428
Record Type:
administrative
Newcastle (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 27 45 00 S
degrees minutes
Lat: -27.7500
decimal degrees
Long: 029 55 00 E
degrees minutes
Long: 29.9167
decimal degrees
Note:
Situated at the foot of the Drakensberg mountains; fourth British settlement in the province; main center of British military operations during their war against the Boers between 1880 & 1881; produces steel, iron, wood, grain & hemp.
Names:
Newcastle
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
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Africa
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South Africa
(nation) (
P
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KwaZulu/Natal
(province) (
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Newcastle
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
founded 1864
town (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Newcastle..........
[
VP Preferred
]
....................
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
II, 651
....................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985)
VIII, 654
....................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
138
....................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
830
Subject:
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[
VP
]
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Canby, Historic Places (1984)
II, 651
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985)
VIII, 654
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
138
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
830
Note:
English
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[
VP
]
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