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ID: 7009554 Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7009554			Record Type: administrative

Dunfermline (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 56 05 00 N degrees minutes			Lat: 56.0833 decimal degrees
Long: 003 28 00 W degrees minutes			Long: -3.4667 decimal degrees

Note: Situated inland from Firth of Forth; settled by Celtic monks, town grew around Benedictine Abbey (1072); abbey served as a parish church until 1821; city recovered from fire of 1624 & has become textile center; birthplace of millionaire Andrew Carnegie.

Names:

Dunfermline (preferred,C,V,English,U)

Hierarchical Position:

World (facet)

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Europe (continent) (P)

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United Kingdom (nation) (P)

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Scotland (country) (P)

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Fife (unitary authority) (P)

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Dunfermline (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:

inhabited place (preferred, C)	............	settled by Celtic monks
city (C)
industrial center (C)

Sources and Contributors:

Dunfermline..........	[BHA, VP Preferred]
.......................	Bartholomew Gazetteer of Britain (1986)
.......................	Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IV, 274
.......................	NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.......................	Times Atlas of the World (1994) 59

Subject: .....	[BHA, VP]
..................	Bartholomew Gazetteer of Britain (1986)
..................	Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IV, 274
..................	NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2594879
..................	Times Atlas of the World (1994) 59


Note:
English	..........	[VP]

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