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ID: 7007638 Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7007638			Record Type: administrative

Cuenca (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 40 04 00 N degrees minutes			Lat: 40.0667 decimal degrees
Long: 002 08 00 W degrees minutes			Long: -2.1333 decimal degrees

Note: Situated on hill above junction of Júcar & Huécar rivers; consists of old upper city & modern lower city; was medieval cultural & textile center; taken from Moors by Alfonso VIII of Castile 1177; noted for museums of archaeology & abstract art.

Names:

Cuenca (preferred,C,V)
Conca (H,V)	............	Roman

Hierarchical Position:

World (facet)

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Europe (continent) (P)

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Spain (nation) (P)

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Castilla-La Mancha (autonomous community) (P)

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Cuenca (province) (P)

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Cuenca (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:

inhabited place (preferred, C)	............	was a Roman center
city (C)
provincial capital (C)
commune (administrative) (C)

Sources and Contributors:

Conca..........	[VP]
..............	Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) III, 778

Cuenca..........	[BHA, VP Preferred]
.................	Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) III, 778
.................	NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................	Times Atlas of the World (1994) 51
.................	USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers

Subject: .....	[BHA, VP]
..................	Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) III, 778
..................	NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -379455
..................	Times Atlas of the World (1994) 51
..................	USBGN: Foreign Gazetteers


Note:
English	..........	[VP]

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