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ID: 1031011
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1031011
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Washington (inhabited place)  Washington (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 54 54 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 54.9000  decimal degrees
Long: 001 31 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -1.5167  decimal degrees

Note: Situated on River Wear; major center in Wear coal trade with London from 17th cen.; pits closed in 20th cen.; home of forebears of US president George Washington; attracts overspill population from Tyneside; wild bird refuge & art center opened mid-1970s.

Names:
Washington (preferred,C,V,English,U)
Washington New Town (NA,V,English,U)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of United Kingdom (nation)  ........  United Kingdom (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of England (country)  ............  England (country) (P)
Hierarchy of Tyne and Wear (county)  ................  Tyne and Wear (county) (P)
Hierarchy of Sunderland (urban district)  ....................  Sunderland (urban district) (P)
Hierarchy of Washington (inhabited place)  ........................  Washington (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)
town (C)
industrial center (C)
mining center (H)

Sources and Contributors:
Washington..........  [VP Preferred]
.......................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) XII, 508
.......................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.......................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 213
Washington New Town..........  [VP]
...................................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) XII, 508
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2610954
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 213
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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