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ID: 7017752
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7017752
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Santa Barbara (inhabited place)  Santa Barbara (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 34 25 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 34.4167  decimal degrees
Long: 119 41 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -119.6833  decimal degrees

Note: Located on Pacific Coast at base of Santa Ynez Mountains; developed as port & market center; suffered earthquake in 1925; was attacked by Japanese submarine in 1942; today's economy is based on tourism; area is rich in early Amerindian artifacts.

Names:
Santa Barbara (preferred,C,V)  ............ named after Santa Barbara, patron saint of mariners, by Sebastían Vizcaíno in 1602

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of North and Central America (continent)  ....  North and Central America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of United States (nation)  ........  United States (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of California (state)  ............  California (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Santa Barbara (county)  ................  Santa Barbara (county) (P)
Hierarchy of Santa Barbara (inhabited place)  ....................  Santa Barbara (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  visited by explorer Juan Cabrillo in 16th cen., Spanish presidio built 1782, mission dedicated 1786
city (C)  ............  incorporated in 1850
county seat (C)
agricultural center (C)  ............  for citrus & cattle
cultural center (C)
religious center (C)  ............  since establishment of mission of Santa Barbara 1786 & as western headquarters of Franciscan Order
resort center (C)  ............  after construction of Southern Pacific railroad in 1887
university center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Santa Barbara..........  [BHA, GRLPSC, VP Preferred]
..........................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 826
..........................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) X, 424
..........................  USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS6057492
..........................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
Subject: .....  [BHA, GRLPSC, VP]
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 826
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) X, 424
..................  USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS6057492
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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