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ID: 1031485
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1031485
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Oulu (inhabited place)  Oulu (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 65 00 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 65.0000  decimal degrees
Long: 025 26 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 25.4333  decimal degrees

Note: Located at the mouth of the river Oulu on the Gulf of Bothnia, on rapids used as energy source; was thriving medieval trading post; fortress constructed in 1590, destroyed in 1793; town was destroyed by fire in 1822, but rebuilt & again damaged in WW II.

Names:
Oulu (preferred,C,V)
Uleåborg (C,V)
Uleaborg (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Finland (nation)  ........  Finland (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of North Ostrobothnia Region (region (administrative division))  ............  North Ostrobothnia Region (region (administrative division)) (P)
Hierarchy of Oulu (inhabited place)  ................  Oulu (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  was trading post by Middle Ages, fortified in 1590 & chartered in 1610
city (C)
provincial capital (C)
port (C)
commercial center (C)
episcopal see (C)  ............  since 1900
educational center (C)
transportation center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Oulu..........  [VP Preferred]
...........  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IX, 11-12
...........  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 147
Uleåborg..........  [VP]
.................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Uleaborg..........  [VP]
.................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 700
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 700
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IX, 11-12
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 147
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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