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ID: 7007117
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7007117
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Oaxaca de Juárez (inhabited place)  Oaxaca de Juárez (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 17 03 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 17.0500  decimal degrees
Long: 096 43 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -96.7167  decimal degrees

Note: Conquered by Spaniards 1521; holds important role in Mexican history as home of Benito Juárez & Porfirio Díaz, two of Mexico's most famous presidents; noted for 16th cen. art & architecture, many nearby ruins & for its handicraft market.

Names:
Oaxaca de Juárez (preferred,C,V)
Oaxaca (C,V)
Santa Maria (NA,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 Oaxaca (state)  ............  Oaxaca (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Oaxaca de Juárez (inhabited place)  ................  Oaxaca de Juárez (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  founded as Aztec garrison, 1486
city (C)
state capital (C)
transportation center (C)
educational center (C)
historic site (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Oaxaca..........  [BHA, VP]
.................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VIII, 848
.................  Encyclopedia of World Art (1959-1987)
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 878
Oaxaca de Juárez..........  [VP Preferred]
.............................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.............................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Santa Maria..........  [VP]
.......................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VIII, 848
..................  Encyclopedia of World Art (1959-1987)
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -1685634
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 878
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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