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ID: 7008608
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7008608
Record Type:
administrative
Chorzów (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 50 19 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 50.3167
decimal degrees
Long: 018 56 00 E
degrees minutes
Long: 18.9333
decimal degrees
Note:
Located in Upper Silesian Basin; became one of first mining centers in area in 1790; in 1902, city merged with neighboring villages; was once mainly German-speaking, though Polish immigration after 1945 left it wholly Polish-speaking.
Names:
Chorzów
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Europe
(continent) (
P
)
........
Poland
(nation) (
P
)
............
Silesian Voivodeship
(voivodeship) (
P
)
................
Chorzów
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Additional Parents:
World
(facet)
....
Europe
(continent) (
P
)
........
Silesia
(historical region) (
P,
H
)
............
Chorzów
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
medieval centers were in the area; modern city was originally chartered in 1864
city (
C
)
industrial center (
C
)
mining center (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Chorzów..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.................
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
I, 187
.................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
III, 268
.................
Times Atlas of the World (1992)
45
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
I, 187
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
III, 268
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1992)
45
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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