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ID: 1025264
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1025264
Record Type:
administrative
San Cristóbal (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 07 46 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 7.7667
decimal degrees
Long: 072 15 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -72.2500
decimal degrees
Note:
Located in isolated basin of Mérida Mountains overlooking Torbes River; one of largest cities in Andean Region; damaged by earthquake in 1875; is trade center for corn, casava, pineapple & coffee; accessible by Pan-American Highway to Caracas.
Names:
San Cristóbal
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
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South America
(continent) (
P
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Venezuela
(nation) (
P
)
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Táchira
(state) (
P
)
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San Cristóbal
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
founded 1561
city (
C
)
state capital (
C
)
agricultural center (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
San Cristóbal..........
[
VP Preferred
]
..........................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
X, 386
..........................
Times Atlas of the World. Reprint ed. (1994)
170
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
X, 386
..................
Times Atlas of the World. Reprint ed. (1994)
170
Note:
English
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[
VP
]
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