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ID: 1000937
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1000937
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Suriname (former administrative division)  Suriname (former administrative division)

Coordinates:
Lat: 04 00 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 4.0000  decimal degrees
Long: 056 00 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -56.0000  decimal degrees

Note: Located in N central Suriname, bordering Atlantic Ocean to N; district surrounds, but does not include, nation's capital; coastal flood plain of Suriname river is canalized & heavily cultivated; international airport is situated W of Paramaribo.

Names:
Suriname (preferred,C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of South America (continent)  ....  South America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Suriname (nation)  ........  Suriname (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Suriname (former administrative division)  ............  Suriname (former administrative division) (P)

Place Types:
former administrative division (preferred, C)
first level subdivision (H)
national district (H)

Sources and Contributors:
Suriname..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) XI, 411
.................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) XI, 411
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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