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ID: 7013416
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7013416
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Bethlehem (inhabited place)  Bethlehem (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 40 37 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 40.6167  decimal degrees
Long: 075 21 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -75.3500  decimal degrees

Note: Located on Lehigh river; was founded by Moravian religious sect in 18th cen.; was site of hospital for Continental soldiers during American Revolution; noted for annual Bach music festival.

Names:
Bethlehem (preferred,C,V)
City of Bethlehem (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of North and Central America (continent)  ....  North and Central America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of United States (nation)  ........  United States (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Pennsylvania (state)  ............  Pennsylvania (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Northampton (county)  ................  Northampton (county) (P)
Hierarchy of Bethlehem (inhabited place)  ....................  Bethlehem (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  founded in 1741, became a city in 1917
city (C)
industrial center (C)
educational center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Bethlehem..........  [BHA, FDA, VP Preferred]
....................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
....................  Library of Congress HABS/HAER (1987-)
....................  National Archives and Record Administration database (1987-)
....................  Times Atlas of the World (1988)
....................  USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS42037923
....................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 142
City of Bethlehem..........  [VP]
................................  USGS, Geographic Names System [online] (1998-) accessed 12 December 2006
Subject: .....  [BHA, FDA, VP]
..................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
..................  Library of Congress HABS/HAER (1987-)
..................  National Archives and Record Administration database (1987-)
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1988)
..................  USGS, Geographic Names System [online] (1998-) accessed 12 December 2006
..................  USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS42037923
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 142
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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