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ID: 7009393
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7009393
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Dumfries (inhabited place)  Dumfries (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 55 04 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 55.0667  decimal degrees
Long: 003 33 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -3.5500  decimal degrees

Note: Located near English border on L bank of River Nith; royal burgh in 1186; suffered during Wars of Scottish Independence; home of national poet Robert Burns from 1791 until his death in 1798; economy based on hosiery, knitwear, livestock & dairy products.

Names:
Dumfries (preferred,C,V,English,U)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of United Kingdom (nation)  ........  United Kingdom (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Scotland (country)  ............  Scotland (country) (P)
Hierarchy of Dumfries and Galloway (unitary authority)  ................  Dumfries and Galloway (unitary authority) (P)
Hierarchy of Dumfries (inhabited place)  ....................  Dumfries (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  was thriving medieval center
city (C)
regional capital (C)
market center (C)
industrial center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Dumfries..........  [BHA, VP Preferred]
.................  Bartholomew Gazetteer of Britain (1986)
.................  Blue Guide: Scotland (1980) 116
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IV, 269
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 58
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  Bartholomew Gazetteer of Britain (1986)
..................  Blue Guide: Scotland (1980) 116
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IV, 269
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2594813
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 58
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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