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ID: 1017980
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1017980
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Pachuca de Soto (inhabited place)  Pachuca de Soto (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 20 07 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 20.1167  decimal degrees
Long: 098 44 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -98.7333  decimal degrees

Note: One of first settlements in New Spain. The first silver mine was discovered in 1534. The process of separating silver from ore by amalgamation with mercury was perfected in Pachuca de Soto in the 16th century. The Pachuca tank (used in cyanide processing) was developed in the 20th century.

Names:
Pachuca de Soto (preferred,C,V)
Pachuca (C,V)
Pachua (C,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 Hidalgo (state)  ............  Hidalgo (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Pachuca de Soto (inhabited place)  ................  Pachuca de Soto (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  first settled by pre-Columbian Indians
city (C)
mining center (C)  ............  was known to pre-Columbian Indians
industrial center (C)
educational center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Pachua..........  [VP]
.................  Grove Dictionary of Art (1996) 33:839
Pachuca..........  [VP]
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IX, 45
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 910
Pachuca de Soto..........  [VP Preferred]
.............................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.............................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IX, 45
..................  Grove Dictionary of Art (1996) 33:839
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -1686538
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 910
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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