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ID: 1024460
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1024460
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Chorrillos (inhabited place)  Chorrillos (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 12 10 00 S  degrees minutes   Lat: -12.1667  decimal degrees
Long: 077 02 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -77.0333  decimal degrees

Note: Founded as village beach resort; sacked & burned by Chilean forces in War of Pacific 1881; damaged in earthquake 1940; a middle-income residential area; has two of Lima's most popular public beaches & many private clubs; has national military school.

Names:
Chorrillos (preferred,C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of South America (continent)  ....  South America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Peru (nation)  ........  Peru (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Lima, Región de (region (administrative division))  ............  Lima, Región de (region (administrative division)) (P)
Hierarchy of Chorrillos (inhabited place)  ................  Chorrillos (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  founded 1824
city (C)  ............  established 1901
resort (C)
town (H)  ............  established 1856

Sources and Contributors:
Chorrillos..........  [VP Preferred]
.......................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) III, 268
.......................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) III, 268
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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