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ID: 1084497
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1084497
Record Type:
administrative
Olongapo (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 14 49 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 14.8167
decimal degrees
Long: 120 17 00 E
degrees minutes
Long: 120.2833
decimal degrees
Note:
Located on lowland area near mouth of Subic Bay; the US Subic Bay Naval Station was largely responsible for rapid growth of city; heavily damaged in World War II; is tourist center famed for resorts & beaches.
Names:
Olongapo
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,
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
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Asia
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Pilipinas
(nation) (
P
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Olongapo
(special city) (
P
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Olongapo
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
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formerly site of US naval facility; became a municipality in 1959
city (
C
)
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became a chartered city in 1966
municipality (
C
)
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established 1959
port (
C
)
tourist center (
C
)
resort (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Olongapo..........
[
VP Preferred
]
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Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
VIII, 922
.................
Times Atlas of the World (1992)
145
.................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
889
Subject:
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[
VP
]
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Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
VIII, 922
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1992)
145
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
889
Note:
English
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[
VP
]
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