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ID: 7008733
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7008733
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Verviers (inhabited place)  Verviers (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 50 35 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 50.5833  decimal degrees
Long: 005 52 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 5.8667  decimal degrees

Note: The town lies on the Vesdre River in the province of Liège in Belgium. Its local industry features wool and cotton textile mills, and metal and glass works. The 2003 estimated population was 53,200.

Names:
Verviers (preferred,C,V,French,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Belgium (nation)  ........  Belgium (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Wallonia (region (administrative division))  ............  Wallonia (region (administrative division)) (P)
Hierarchy of Liège (province)  ................  Liège (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Verviers (inhabited place)  ....................  Verviers (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)
town (C)
industrial center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Verviers..........  [BHA, VP Preferred]
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 208
.................  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 1294
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -1971634
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 208
..................  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 1294
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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