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ID: 1022261
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1022261
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Olinda (inhabited place)  Olinda (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 08 00 00 S  degrees minutes   Lat: -8.0000  decimal degrees
Long: 034 51 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -34.8500  decimal degrees

Note: Located on a low hill N of Recife, the state capital; flourished in sugar trade in 16th cen.; Africans were brought here as slaves; was occupied by Dutch 1630-1654; known for ornate 16th- & 17th-cen. churches, monasteries & other colonial buildings.

Names:
Olinda (preferred,C,V,O)
Olinda (Portuguese-P)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of South America (continent)  ....  South America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Brazil (nation)  ........  Brazil (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Pernambuco (state)  ............  Pernambuco (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Olinda (inhabited place)  ................  Olinda (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)
city (C)
state capital (H)  ............  until Dutch retreated in 1654
agricultural center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Olinda..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VIII, 916
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -657942
.................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-127
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 145
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VIII, 916
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -657942
..................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-127
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 145
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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