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ID: 1019052
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1019052
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Basseterre (inhabited place)  Basseterre (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 17 18 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 17.3000  decimal degrees
Long: 062 43 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -62.7167  decimal degrees

Note: Located on SW coast of St. Christopher island; was destroyed by fire in 1867, & rebuilt; economy based on distribution of merchandise to nearby islands & sugar refining; site of St. George's Church, Government House & nearby Old Brimstone Hill Fort.

Names:
Basseterre (preferred,C,V)
Basse Terre Town (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of North and Central America (continent)  ....  North and Central America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Saint Kitts and Nevis (nation)  ........  Saint Kitts and Nevis (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Saint George Basseterre (parish (political))  ............  Saint George Basseterre (parish (political)) (P)
Hierarchy of Basseterre (inhabited place)  ................  Basseterre (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  founded 1627, rebuilt 1867
national capital (C)
town (C)
port (C)
commercial center (C)

Related geographic places:
capital of ....  Saint Kitts and Nevis .......... (nation)
..................  (World, North and Central America) [7005605]

Sources and Contributors:
Basseterre..........  [VP Preferred]
.......................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) I, 948
.......................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-15
Basse Terre Town..........  [VP]
.............................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 14 March 2014
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) I, 948
..................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-15
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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