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ID: 1020827
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1020827
Record Type:
administrative
Belo Horizonte (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 19 54 00 S
degrees minutes
Lat: -19.9000
decimal degrees
Long: 043 54 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -43.9000
decimal degrees
Note:
One of nation's first planned cities; surrounded by Serra do Curral del Rey; has developed as a major industrial center; exports sugar, cotton, livestock & minerals; has museums, colleges & music conservatory.
Names:
Belo Horizonte
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
,
O
)
Bello Horizonte
(
C
,
V
)
Cidade de Minas
(
H
,
V
)
............
founded under this name in 1897
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
South America
(continent) (
P
)
........
Brazil
(nation) (
P
)
............
Minas Gerais
(state) (
P
)
................
Belo Horizonte
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
settled in 19th cen.
city (
C
)
state capital (
C
)
............
founded as state capital in 1897
agricultural center (
C
)
industrial center (
C
)
regional capital (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Bello Horizonte..........
[
VP
]
.............................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
-629138
.............................
Rand McNally Atlas (1994)
I-17
Belo Horizonte..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.............................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
II, 82
.............................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
-629138
.............................
Times Atlas of the World (1992)
25
Cidade de Minas..........
[
VP
]
.............................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
II, 82
.............................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
-629138
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
II, 82
..................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
-629138
..................
Rand McNally Atlas (1994)
I-17
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1992)
25
Note:
English
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[
VP
]
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