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ID: 1023722
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1023722
Record Type:
administrative
Barrancabermeja (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 07 06 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 7.1000
decimal degrees
Long: 073 54 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -73.9000
decimal degrees
Note:
Gonzalo Himénez de Quezada was first European to document fortified Amerindian settlement on the site; today is a thriving river port, ranching center & center for petroleum industry.
Names:
Barrancabermeja
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Barranca Bermeja
(
C
,
V
)
Barrancas-Bermejas
(
H
,
O
)
La Tora
(
H
,
O
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
South America
(continent) (
P
)
........
Colombia
(nation) (
P
)
............
Santander
(department) (
P
)
................
Barrancabermeja
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
founded 1536
city (
C
)
port (
C
)
transportation center (
C
)
industrial center (
C
)
market center (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Barrancabermeja..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.............................
Times Atlas of the World (1992)
22
Barranca Bermeja..........
[
VP
]
.............................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
119
Barrancas-Bermejas..........
[
VP
]
...................................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
I, 912
La Tora..........
[
VP
]
.................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
I, 912
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
I, 912
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1992)
22
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
119
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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