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ID: 1049334
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1049334
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Ostrołe̜ka (inhabited place)  Ostrołe̜ka (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 53 05 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 53.0833  decimal degrees
Long: 021 32 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 21.5333  decimal degrees

Note: Located on Narew River; one of the oldest cities in Mazovian Lowland; flourished in 16th & 17th cen. as a craftsman trading center; site of battles between Polish & Russian armies in 19th cen.; economy based on paper & food-processing industries.

Names:
Ostrołe̜ka (preferred,C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Poland (nation)  ........  Poland (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Masovian Voivodeship (voivodeship)  ............  Masovian Voivodeship (voivodeship) (P)
Hierarchy of Ostrołe̜ka (inhabited place)  ................  Ostrołe̜ka (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  chartered in 1373
city (C)
provincial capital (C)
industrial center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Ostrołe̜ka..........  [VP Preferred]
.......................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VIII, 1038
.......................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 147
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VIII, 1038
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 147
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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