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ID: 1024800
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1024800
Record Type:
administrative
Trujillo (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 08 07 00 S
degrees minutes
Lat: -8.1167
decimal degrees
Long: 079 02 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -79.0333
decimal degrees
Note:
Second oldest Spanish city in Peru; damaged in earthquake 1612; developed as a large city after foreign investment in sugarcane plantations in 19th cen.; industries include sugar refineries, knitting mills & breweries; has pre-Incan ruins.
Names:
Trujillo
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
South America
(continent) (
P
)
........
Peru
(nation) (
P
)
............
La Libertad
(region (administrative division)) (
P
)
................
Trujillo
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
founded by Diego Almagro, 1534
city (
C
)
............
established 1535
regional capital (
C
)
industrial center (
C
)
transportation center (
C
)
educational center (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Trujillo..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
XII, 2
.................
NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
.................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
1231
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
XII, 2
..................
NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
1231
Note:
English
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[
VP
]
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