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ID: 7002514
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7002514
Record Type:
administrative
Galle (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 06 01 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 6.0167
decimal degrees
Long: 080 13 00 E
degrees minutes
Long: 80.2167
decimal degrees
Note:
A fortified seaport; Portuguese took town from Sinhalese kings 1587; Dutch invaded 1640 & built fort; site of Buddhist monasteries; known for handicrafts of tortoise shell, ivory, & ebony that show strong Arab influence.
Names:
Galle
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Point de Galle
(
H
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Asia
(continent) (
P
)
........
Sri Lanka
(nation) (
P
)
............
Southern
(province) (
P
)
................
Galle
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
since at least mid-16th cen.
town (
C
)
provincial capital (
C
)
port (
C
)
............
chief port until 1875 when superseded by Colombo
Sources and Contributors:
Galle..........
[
VP Preferred
]
..............
Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990)
219
..............
Times Atlas of the World (1992)
70
..............
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
425, 1140
Point de Galle..........
[
VP
]
.............................
Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990)
219
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990)
219
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1992)
70
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
425, 1140
Note:
English
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[
VP
]
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