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ID: 1018768
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1018768
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Rivas (inhabited place)  Rivas (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 11 26 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 11.4333  decimal degrees
Long: 085 50 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -85.8333  decimal degrees

Note: Site of battle against American military adventurer William Walker 1856; saw heavy combat between Sandinista guerrillas & government forces 1979; industries are tanning, dairying & production of rubber goods; connected to Managua by Pan-American Highway.

Names:
Rivas (preferred,C,V)
Nicaragua (H,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of North and Central America (continent)  ....  North and Central America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Nicaragua (nation)  ........  Nicaragua (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Rivas (department)  ............  Rivas (department) (P)
Hierarchy of Rivas (inhabited place)  ................  Rivas (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  founded 1736
city (C)
department capital (C)
commercial center (C)
industrial center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Nicaragua..........  [VP]
....................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) X, 91
Rivas..........  [VP Preferred]
..............  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) X, 91
..............  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 165
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) X, 91
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 165
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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