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ID: 1025319
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1025319
Record Type:
administrative
Valencia (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 10 14 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 10.2333
decimal degrees
Long: 067 59 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -67.9833
decimal degrees
Note:
Located in heart of rich & productive agricultural area; was founded by a soldier from the Spanish city of Valencia in 16th cen.; rivaled Caracas as nation's major city until well into 19th cen.; today is a thriving industrial & market center.
Names:
Valencia
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Nueva Valencia del Rey
(
H
,
V
)
............
from 1555, referring to Spanish city Valencia
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
South America
(continent) (
P
)
........
Venezuela
(nation) (
P
)
............
Carabobo
(state) (
P
)
................
Valencia
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
founded by Alonso Díaz Moreno in 1555
city (
C
)
state capital (
C
)
industrial center (
C
)
agricultural center (
C
)
transportation center (
C
)
university center (
C
)
............
site of Universidad de Carabobo, founded in 1852
capital (
H
)
............
capital of republic 1812, 1830 & 1858
battlefield (
H
)
............
several crucial battles were fought at & nearby the city 1814-1821, during Venezuela's struggle for independence
Sources and Contributors:
Nueva Valencia del Rey..........
[
VP
]
.........................................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
XII, 241
Valencia..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
XII, 241
.................
Times Atlas of the World. Reprint ed. (1994)
203
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
XII, 241
..................
Times Atlas of the World. Reprint ed. (1994)
203
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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