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ID: 1013012
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1013012
Record Type:
administrative
Freeport City (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 26 30 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 26.5000
decimal degrees
Long: 078 42 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -78.7000
decimal degrees
Note:
Name refers to Hawksbill Creek Agreement (1955) with Grand Bahama Port Authority that allowed businesses here to operate tax-free for 99 years; city boomed with new hotels, casinos & golf courses; famous for bazaars & duty-free shops.
Names:
Freeport City
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Freeport
(
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
North and Central America
(continent) (
P
)
........
Bahamas
(nation) (
P
)
............
City of Freeport
(national district) (
P
)
................
Freeport City
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
town (
C
)
resort (
C
)
tourist center (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Freeport..........
[
VP
]
.................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
IV, 966
Freeport City..........
[
VP Preferred
]
..........................
Times Atlas of the World (1992)
69
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
IV, 966
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1992)
69
Note:
English
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[
VP
]
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