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ID: 7005073
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7005073

 

Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Medellín (inhabited place)  Medellín (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 06 15 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 6.2500  decimal degrees
Long: 075 36 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -75.6000  decimal degrees

Note: Second largest city in Colombia; has coffee market; produces glassware, ceramics, chemicals, foodstuffs; textiles & steel; has two universities & several colleges.

Names:
Medellín (preferred,C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of South America (continent)  ....  South America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Colombia (nation)  ........  Colombia (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Antioquia (department)  ............  Antioquia (department) (P)
Hierarchy of Medellín (inhabited place)  ................  Medellín (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  founded 1675
city (C)
regional capital (C)
market center (C)
educational center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Medellín..........  [BHA, VP Preferred]
.................  Cambridge World Gazetteer (1988)
.................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 125
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 746
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  Cambridge World Gazetteer (1988)
..................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 125
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 746
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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