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ID: 7007112
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7007112
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Mérida (inhabited place)  Mérida (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 20 58 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 20.9667  decimal degrees
Long: 089 37 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -89.6167  decimal degrees

Note: Founded on site of ancient Maya city of T'ho; base for tourist trips to nearby ruined Mayan cities; current strong Indian influence most evident in language & dress; many colonial buildings most notably House of Montego built 1549 & 16th-cen. cathedral.

Names:
Mérida (preferred,C,V)
Ciudad de Mérida (NA,V)
T'ho (H,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of North and Central America (continent)  ....  North and Central America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Mexico (nation)  ........  Mexico (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Yucatan (state)  ............  Yucatan (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Mérida (inhabited place)  ................  Mérida (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  settled since ancient Mayan times
city (C)  ............  established 1542
state capital (C)
tourist center (C)
educational center (C)
trade center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Ciudad de Mérida..........  [VP]
.............................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Mérida..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VIII, 35
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 126
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 752
T'ho..........  [VP]
...........  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VIII, 35
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VIII, 35
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -1683102
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 126
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 752
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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