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ID: 1001834
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1001834

 

Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Bahia (state)  Bahia (state)

Coordinates:
Lat: 12 00 00 S  degrees minutes   Lat: -12.0000  decimal degrees
Long: 042 00 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -42.0000  decimal degrees

Note: First explored by Portuguese in early 16th cen.; in 19th cen., coffee & sugar production began on a large scale; terrain varies from swamp land to sandy areas; many people in region practice rituals of candomblé, a regional form of Roman Catholicism.

Names:
Bahia (preferred,C,V,English)
Bahia (Portuguese)
Estado da Bahia (C,V,O,Portuguese)
Baía (C,V,Portuguese)
BR05 (C,U,FIPS)
Bahía (C,U,Spanish)
Estado de Bahia (C,U,English)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of South America (continent)  ....  South America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Brazil (nation)  ........  Brazil (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Bahia (state)  ............  Bahia (state) (P)

Additional Parents:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of South America (continent)  ....  South America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Brazil (nation)  ........  Brazil (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Nordeste (region (geographic))  ............  Nordeste (region (geographic)) (P)
Hierarchy of Bahia (state)  ................  Bahia (state) (P)

Place Types:
state (preferred, C)
first level subdivision (C)
agricultural land (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Bahia..........  [VP Preferred]
..............  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) I, 801
..............  GeoNames online [n.d.] 3471168
..............  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 27 January 2013
..............  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -626942-626942
..............  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-12
..............  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 19
Bahía..........  [VP]
..............  GeoNames online [n.d.] 3471168
Baía..........  [VP]
...........  GeoNames online [n.d.] 3471168
...........  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 27 January 2013
...........  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -626942-626942
BR05..........  [VP]
...........  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Estado da Bahia..........  [VP]
.............................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 3471168
.............................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 27 January 2013
.............................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -626942-626942
Estado de Bahia..........  [VP]
.............................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 3471168
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) I, 801
..................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 3471168
..................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 27 January 2013
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -626942
..................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-12
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 19
..................  Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahia
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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