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ID: 1024969
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1024969
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Salto (inhabited place)  Salto (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 31 27 00 S  degrees minutes   Lat: -31.4500  decimal degrees
Long: 057 50 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -57.8333  decimal degrees

Note: Located on Uruguay River, across from Concordia, Argentina; near Salto Grande dam & hydroelectric plant, built jointly by Uruguay & Argentina; terminus for rivercraft; economy driven by wine production, orange-drink bottling, processing of meat & fruit.

Names:
Salto (preferred,C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of South America (continent)  ....  South America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Uruguay (nation)  ........  Uruguay (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Salto (department)  ............  Salto (department) (P)
Hierarchy of Salto (inhabited place)  ................  Salto (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)
city (C)
department capital (C)
port (C)
transportation center (C)
commercial center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Salto..........  [VP Preferred]
..............  Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) 560
..............  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) X, 367
..............  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 172
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) 560
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) X, 367
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 172
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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