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ID: 7018161
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7018161
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Goa (inhabited place)  Goa (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 15 30 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 15.5000  decimal degrees
Long: 073 55 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 73.9167  decimal degrees

Note: Was under Bahmani dynasty in 15th cen.; taken by Portuguese in 1510; became flourishing colonial capital of 200,000 inhabitants; cholera epidemics ravaged city & inhabitants fled to nearby village (modern Panaji) in mid-18th cen.; many ruins remain.

Names:
Goa (preferred,C,V,English,U)
Velha Goa (C,V)
Gôa (C,V)
Ela (C,V)
Old Goa (C,O)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of India (nation)  ........  India (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Goa (state)  ............  Goa (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Goa (inhabited place)  ................  Goa (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  founded in 1440, was flourishing Portuguese capital until 18th cen.
town (C)
seaport (C)
religious center (C)  ............  site where St. Francis Xavier began missionary labors in 1542, several convents & churches remain
capital (H)  ............  of Goa state under Portuguese, until mid-18th cen.

Sources and Contributors:
Ela..........  [VP]
...........  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IX, 105
Goa..........  [VP Preferred]
...........  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
...........  Times Atlas of the World (1992) plate 28
Gôa..........  [VP]
...........  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 447
Old Goa..........  [VP]
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IX, 105
Velha Goa..........  [VP]
....................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IX, 105
....................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IX, 105
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2096381
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) plate 28
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 447
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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