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ID: 7009772
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7009772
Record Type:
administrative
Borås (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 57 44 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 57.7333
decimal degrees
Long: 012 55 00 E
degrees minutes
Long: 12.9167
decimal degrees
Note:
Founded by King Gustavus II Adolphus in 17th cen.; now is nation's leading textile center; noted for an open-air museum that includes the wooden Kinnarumma church. Located in: Vastra Gotaland, Sweden
Names:
Borås
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Boras
(
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Europe
(continent) (
P
)
........
Sverige
(nation) (
P
)
............
Västra Götaland
(county) (
P
)
................
Borås
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
founded in 1622
town (
C
)
industrial center (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Borås..........
[
BHA Preferred
,
VP Preferred
]
..............
Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
..............
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
II, 378
..............
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
31
Boras..........
[
BWR Preferred
]
..............
BWR database (2010-)
Subject:
.....
[
BHA
,
BWR
,
VP
]
..................
BWR Data Reconciliation for CONA (2020-2021)
BWR-09
..................
BWR database (2010-)
..................
Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
II, 378
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
31
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
..........
BWR database (2010-)
..........
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
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