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ID: 1017546
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1017546
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Hidalgo del Parral (inhabited place)  Hidalgo del Parral (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 26 56 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 26.9333  decimal degrees
Long: 105 40 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -105.6667  decimal degrees

Note: Renamed in honor of patriot Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, father of Mexican independence; processes & exports lead, zinc, silver, copper & gold that are mined nearby; city has a colonial atmosphere with mule-drawn wagons plying steep narrow streets.

Names:
Hidalgo del Parral (preferred,C,V)
Parral (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 Mexico (nation)  ........  Mexico (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Chihuahua (state)  ............  Chihuahua (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Hidalgo del Parral (inhabited place)  ................  Hidalgo del Parral (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  settled since 16th cen.
city (C)
mining center (C)  ............  since 16th cen.
trade center (C)
transportation center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Hidalgo del Parral..........  [VP Preferred]
...................................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) V, 912
...................................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
...................................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 83
Parral..........  [VP]
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 929
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) V, 912
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -1670552
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 83
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 929
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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