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ID: 7005872
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7005872
Record Type:
administrative
Fort-de-France (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 14 36 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 14.6000
decimal degrees
Long: 061 05 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -61.0833
decimal degrees
Note:
Located on excellent harbor; threat of yellow fever inhibited prosperity for centuries, until the disease was controlled; after Saint-Pierre was destroyed by volcanic eruption in 1902, became capital & cultural center of Martinique.
Names:
Fort-de-France
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Fort Royal
(
H
,
V
)
............
founded with this name in 17th cen.
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
North and Central America
(continent) (
P
)
........
Martinique
(dependent state) (
P
)
............
Fort-de-France
(arrondissement) (
P
)
................
Fort-de-France
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
founded in 1672
city (
C
)
department capital (
C
)
............
since 1902
regional capital (
C
)
port (
C
)
commercial center (
C
)
fort (
H
)
Sources and Contributors:
Fort-de-France..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.............................
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
I, 302
.............................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
68
.............................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
406
Fort Royal..........
[
VP
]
.......................
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
I, 302
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
I, 302
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
68
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
406
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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