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ID: 1025372
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1025372

 

Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Andorra la Vella (inhabited place)  Andorra la Vella (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 42 30 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 42.5000  decimal degrees
Long: 001 30 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 1.5000  decimal degrees

Note: Andorra la Vella is the capital of the nation of Andorra, located near the confluence of the rivers Valira and Valira del Norte in a narrow valley. It remained isolated from the outside world after joint governorship by the Bishop of Urgel, Spain, and the French head of state was established in the 13th century. In the 20th century, the town grew into a modern shopping and tourist center, where goods from other European nations and from Asia are marketed duty-free.

Names:
Andorra la Vella (preferred,C,V)
Andorra-la-Vella (C,V)
Andorra la Vieja (C,V)
Andorra-la-Vieja (C,V)
Andorra (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Andorra (nation)  ........  Andorra (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Andorra la Vella (parish (political))  ............  Andorra la Vella (parish (political)) (P)
Hierarchy of Andorra la Vella (inhabited place)  ................  Andorra la Vella (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  settled in ancient times
town (C)
national capital (C)

Related geographic places:
capital of ....  Andorra .......... (nation)
..................  (World, Europe) [1000061]

Sources and Contributors:
Andorra..........  [VP]
.................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-7
Andorra la Vella..........  [VP Preferred]
.............................  Britannica Book of the Year (1992) 541
.............................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 13
Andorra-la-Vella..........  [VP]
.............................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) I, 387
Andorra la Vieja..........  [VP]
.............................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 13, plate 74
Andorra-la-Vieja..........  [VP]
.............................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) I, 387
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Britannica Book of the Year (1992) 541
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) I, 387
..................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-7
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 13; 13, plate 74
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) vol. 1

 

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