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ID: 1018567
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1018567
Record Type:
administrative
Uruapan del Progreso (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 19 25 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 19.4167
decimal degrees
Long: 102 04 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -102.0667
decimal degrees
Note:
Famous for Spanish colonial atmosphere, colorful lacquerware & Indian handicrafts; chief town of Tarascan Indians; produces coffee, grains, sugarcane & tropical fruit; a tourist base for visitors to nearby volcano Paricutín.
Names:
Uruapan del Progreso
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Uruapan
(
NA
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
North and Central America
(continent) (
P
)
........
Mexico
(nation) (
P
)
............
Michoacán de Ocampo
(state) (
P
)
................
Uruapan del Progreso
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
founded 1533
city (
C
)
agricultural center (
C
)
market center (
C
)
tourist center (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Uruapan..........
[
VP
]
.................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Uruapan del Progreso..........
[
VP Preferred
]
...................................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
...................................
NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
-1707312
..................
NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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