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ID: 1018831
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1018831
Record Type:
administrative
David (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 08 26 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 8.4333
decimal degrees
Long: 082 26 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -82.4333
decimal degrees
Note:
Located on Río David & surrounded by fruit groves; nation's fourth largest city; industries include food processing & distilling; famed for saddles & harnesses; although modernized, city retains much of its colonial atmosphere.
Names:
David
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C
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V
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Hierarchical Position:
World
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North and Central America
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P
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Panama
(nation) (
P
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Chiriquí
(province) (
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David
(inhabited place) (
P
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Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
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founded as a gold-prospecting camp in 1738
city (
C
)
provincial capital (
C
)
commercial center (
C
)
industrial center (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
David..........
[
VP Preferred
]
..............
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
III, 908
..............
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
53
Subject:
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[
VP
]
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Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
III, 908
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
53
Note:
English
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[
VP
]
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