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ID: 7001840
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7001840
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Wanganui (inhabited place)  Wanganui (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 39 56 00 S  degrees minutes   Lat: -39.9333  decimal degrees
Long: 175 03 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 175.0500  decimal degrees

Note: City near mouth of Wanganui River; railway, airport, resort area; exports meat, wool, dairy; site of Anglo-Maori conflicts in mid-19th cen.

Names:
Wanganui (preferred,C,V,English,U)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Oceania (continent)  ....  Oceania (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of New Zealand (nation)  ........  New Zealand (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Manawatu-Wanganui (region (administrative division))  ............  Manawatu-Wanganui (region (administrative division)) (P)
Hierarchy of Wanganui (inhabited place)  ................  Wanganui (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  European settlement established 1842
city (C)
river settlement (C)
historic site (H)

Sources and Contributors:
Wanganui..........  [BHA, VP Preferred]
.................  Cambridge World Gazetteer (1988)
.................  Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) 702
.................  King, New Zealand Handbook (1990)
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 212
.................  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 1316
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  Cambridge World Gazetteer (1988)
..................  Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) 702
..................  King, New Zealand Handbook (1990)
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -1521213
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 212
..................  USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 1316
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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