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ID: 1084079
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1084079
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Butuan (inhabited place)  Butuan (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 08 57 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 8.9500  decimal degrees
Long: 125 32 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 125.5333  decimal degrees

Note: Was important center during early Spanish period; was visited by ships from Borneo & Luzon carrying gold, cinnamon, and slaves; Jesuit mission was established in late 16th century; today is main commercial center for Agusan Valley; has several sawmills.

Names:
Butuan (preferred,C,V)
Butuan City (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Philippines (nation)  ........  Philippines (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Butuan (special city)  ............  Butuan (special city) (P)
Hierarchy of Butuan (inhabited place)  ................  Butuan (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)
city (C)
provincial capital (C)
commercial center (C)
transportation center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Butuan..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) II, 689
.................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 196
Butuan City..........  [VP]
.......................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 16 April 2015
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) II, 689
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 196
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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