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ID: 1018476
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1018476
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Tijuana (inhabited place)  Tijuana (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 32 32 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 32.5333  decimal degrees
Long: 117 01 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -117.0167  decimal degrees

Note: Located 12 miles S of San Diego, California; originated as ranch settlement on part of land grant; developed as border resort with gambling casinos; became chief entry point between Mexico & California; land grant disputes were resolved in 1962.

Names:
Tijuana (preferred,C,V)  ............ since 1929
Tiajuana (C,V)
Tia Juana (C,V)
Zaragoza (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 Baja California (state)  ............  Baja California (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Tijuana (inhabited place)  ................  Tijuana (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  founded 1862
city (C)
agricultural center (C)
tourist center (C)
resort (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Tiajuana..........  [VP]
.................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2004-2008)
Tia Juana..........  [VP]
....................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
....................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Tijuana..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) XI, 770
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 198
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 1212
Zaragoza..........  [VP]
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) XI, 770
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -1705741
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 198
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 1212
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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