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ID: 1024928
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1024928
Record Type:
administrative
Melo (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 32 22 00 S
degrees minutes
Lat: -32.3667
decimal degrees
Long: 054 10 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -54.1667
decimal degrees
Note:
Located on Arroyo de Los Conventos; founded by Captain Agustín de la Rosa as Spanish military post to resist smugglers & Portuguese invaders; important distributing center for wool, meats, textiles & other products.
Names:
Melo
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
............
named after Pedro de Melo, viceroy of the Río de la Plata territory in late 18th cen.
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
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South America
(continent) (
P
)
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Uruguay
(nation) (
P
)
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Cerro Largo
(department) (
P
)
................
Melo
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
founded in 1795
city (
C
)
department capital (
C
)
transportation center (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Melo..........
[
VP Preferred
]
...........
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
VII, 1032
...........
Times Atlas of the World (1992)
125
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
VII, 1032
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1992)
125
Note:
English
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[
VP
]
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