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ID: 7005823
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7005823

 

Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Puno (inhabited place)  Puno (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 15 53 00 S  degrees minutes   Lat: -15.8833  decimal degrees
Long: 070 03 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -70.0500  decimal degrees

Note: Named in honor of Carlos II of Spain; city retained colonial style; the commercial & communications center for southern Peruvian Andes; trades in wool of Llamas & alpacas; tourism is economic asset.

Names:
Puno (preferred,C,V)
San Carlos de Puno (H,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of South America (continent)  ....  South America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of PerĂº (nation)  ........  PerĂº (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Puno (region (administrative division))  ............  Puno (region (administrative division)) (P)
Hierarchy of Puno (inhabited place)  ................  Puno (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  founded 1668
town (C)
regional capital (C)
commercial center (C)
trade center (C)
educational center (C)
tourist center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Puno..........  [BHA, VP Preferred]
...........  Espasa: Enciclopedia universal (1907)
...........  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 159
...........  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
...........  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 988
San Carlos de Puno..........  [VP]
...................................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IX, 802
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) IX, 802
..................  Espasa: Enciclopedia universal (1907)
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 159
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 988
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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