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ID: 1024919
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1024919
Record Type:
administrative
Las Piedras (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 34 42 00 S
degrees minutes
Lat: -34.7000
decimal degrees
Long: 056 14 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -56.2333
decimal degrees
Note:
Located in wine-growing district; site of important battle with Spain in Uruguay's struggle for independence in 1811; famous for ostrich farming & horse racing.
Names:
Las Piedras
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
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South America
(continent) (
P
)
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Uruguay
(nation) (
P
)
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Canelones
(department) (
P
)
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Las Piedras
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
city (
C
)
transportation center (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Las Piedras..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.......................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
VII, 170
.......................
Times Atlas of the World (1992)
110
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
VII, 170
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1992)
110
Note:
English
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[
VP
]
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