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ID: 1017487
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1017487
Record Type:
administrative
Fresnillo (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 23 10 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 23.1667
decimal degrees
Long: 102 53 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -102.8833
decimal degrees
Note:
Was founded by Francisco de Ibarra, conquistador of N Mexico; has been important mining center for gold, copper, lead, zinc & silver since 1569; trades in grain, vegetables & livestock.
Names:
Fresnillo
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Fresnillo de González Echeverría
(
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
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North and Central America
(continent) (
P
)
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Mexico
(nation) (
P
)
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Zacatecas
(state) (
P
)
................
Fresnillo
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
was founded in 1554
city (
C
)
mining center (
C
)
............
of silver, since 1569
agricultural center (
C
)
transportation center (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Fresnillo..........
[
VP Preferred
]
....................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
....................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
69
....................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
419
Fresnillo de González Echeverría..........
[
VP
]
.....................................................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
V, 4
.....................................................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
V, 4
..................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
-1668792
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
69
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
419
Note:
English
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[
VP
]
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