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ID: 1066473
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1066473
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Ratnapura (inhabited place)  Ratnapura (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 06 41 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 6.6833  decimal degrees
Long: 080 25 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 80.4167  decimal degrees

Note: Center of precious gem industry; Maha Saman Dewale, a Buddhist temple, is nearby.

Names:
Ratnapura (preferred,C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Sri Lanka (nation)  ........  Sri Lanka (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Sabaragamuwa (province)  ............  Sabaragamuwa (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Ratnapura (inhabited place)  ................  Ratnapura (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)
town (C)
provincial capital (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Ratnapura..........  [VP Preferred]
....................  Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) 551
....................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 163
....................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 1005
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) 551
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 163
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 1005
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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