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ID: 7005347
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7005347
Record Type:
administrative
Belize City (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 17 29 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 17.4833
decimal degrees
Long: 088 10 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -88.1667
decimal degrees
Note:
Name probably derived from ancient Mayan word for Belize River; British arrived in 17th cen. & set up logging industry; damaged by hurricanes in 1961 & 1978; exports sugar, lumber, fruit, corn, boats & furniture.
Names:
Belize City
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Belize
(
C
,
V
)
Belice
(
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
North and Central America
(continent) (
P
)
........
Belize
(nation) (
P
)
............
Belize
(national district) (
P
)
................
Belize City
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
from 300 B C
city (
C
)
district capital (
C
)
trade center (
C
)
agricultural center (
C
)
harbor (
C
)
national capital (
H
)
............
from 17th cen.-1970
Sources and Contributors:
Belice..........
[
VP
]
.................
NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Belize..........
[
VP
]
.................
Times Atlas of the World (1992)
25
Belize City..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.......................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
II, 65-66
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
II, 65-66
..................
NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1992)
25
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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