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ID: 1082955
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1082955
Record Type:
administrative
Sibu (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 02 18 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 2.3000
decimal degrees
Long: 111 49 00 E
degrees minutes
Long: 111.8167
decimal degrees
Note:
Located at convergence of Rajang & Igan rivers, NE of Kuching & inland from S China Sea; exports rubber, timber & pepper; is headquarters for administration of central Sarawak state; has airport & technical nautical school.
Names:
Sibu
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Asia
(continent) (
P
)
........
Malaysia
(nation) (
P
)
............
Sarawak
(state) (
P
)
................
Sibu
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
town (
C
)
port (
C
)
commercial center (
C
)
administrative center (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Sibu..........
[
VP Preferred
]
...........
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
X, 778
...........
Times Atlas of the World (1992)
183
...........
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
1112
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
X, 778
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1992)
183
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
1112
Note:
English
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[
VP
]
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