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ID: 1017763
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1017763
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of León de los Aldamas (inhabited place)  León de los Aldamas (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 21 07 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 21.1167  decimal degrees
Long: 101 40 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -101.6667  decimal degrees

Note: Formerly subject to disastrous floods, currently protected by large dam; located in one of richest cereal-producing districts of Mexico; produces flour, leather goods, gold & silver embroideries, textiles & soap.

Names:
León de los Aldamas (preferred,C,V)  ............ since 1576
León (C,V)
Ciudad de León (NA,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of North and Central America (continent)  ....  North and Central America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Mexico (nation)  ........  Mexico (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Guanajuato (state)  ............  Guanajuato (state) (P)
Hierarchy of León de los Aldamas (inhabited place)  ................  León de los Aldamas (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  settled since 1552
city (C)  ............  established 1836
municipality (C)
industrial center (C)
commercial center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Ciudad de León..........  [VP]
.............................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
León..........  [VP]
...........  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VII, 277
...........  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
...........  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 662
León de los Aldamas..........  [VP Preferred]
...................................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
...................................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VII, 277
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -1679595
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 662
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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