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ID: 1024946
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1024946
Record Type:
administrative
Paysandú (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 32 21 00 S
degrees minutes
Lat: -32.3500
decimal degrees
Long: 058 05 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -58.0833
decimal degrees
Note:
Founded by missionary Policarpo Sandú & 12 families of Amerindians; name means "Father Sandú," derived from his name & the Guaraní word "pay," which was translated from Spanish "padre"; has developed into nation's 3rd largest city.
Names:
Paysandú
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
............
named for founder, Padre Sandú
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
South America
(continent) (
P
)
........
Uruguay
(nation) (
P
)
............
Paysandú
(department) (
P
)
................
Paysandú
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
founded in 1772
city (
C
)
department capital (
C
)
port (
C
)
transportation center (
C
)
commercial center (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Paysandú..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
IX, 219-220
.................
Times Atlas of the World (1992)
151
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
IX, 219-220
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1992)
151
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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