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Also, The Comarca de Vigo is like a County. Inside of the “Comarca de Vigo” there are several municipalities ( cities or towns):
Baiona, Vigo , Porriño, and 8 more…
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I am quite confident that both NARs were established for the same place, the city in the province of Pontevedra, the only place of any size by the name Vigo. The municipality is located in the comarca of Vigo.
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PCC colleagues:
There are two geographic name authorities for what appears to be the same place, but I cannot be absolutely sure if this is truly the case. Perhaps some of you are experts in Spain and Spanish geographic places?
010 n 80113590
040 DLC ǂb eng ǂc DLC ǂd DLC ǂd OCoLC ǂd WaU
034 ǂd -8.712447 ǂe -8.712447 ǂf 42.231356 ǂg 42.231356 ǂ2 wikiped
043 e-sp---
151 Vigo (Spain)
451 Vigo, Spain ǂw nnaa
670 U.S. Army Map Service. Vigo ... 1943.
670 Wikipedia, Aug. 22, 2011 ǂb (Vigo; city and municipality in north-west Spain, in Galicia; 42.231356°N 8.712447°W)
781 0ǂz Spain ǂz Vigo
010 n 00002460
040 DLC ǂb eng ǂc DLC ǂd OCoLC
034 ǂd W0084300 ǂe W0084300 ǂf N0421400 ǂg N0421400 ǂ2 other
043 e-sp---
151 Vigo (Pontevedra, Spain)
670 Castelos e fortalezas de Galicia, c1999: ǂb t.p. verso (Vigo, Pontevedra)
670 Gaz. no. 5. Spain and Andorra, 1961 ǂb (Vigo; ppl; 42°14ʹN 8°43ʹW in Pontevedra prov.)
781 0ǂz Spain ǂz Vigo (Pontevedra)
When I search GEOnet for places named Vigo in Spain, there are numerous such places in Galicia, and a few in other regions/provinces:
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Name (Type) |
Geopolitical Entity Name (Code) |
First-Order Administrative Division Name (Code) |
Latitude, Longitude DMS (DD) |
MGRS |
Feature Designation (Code) |
Display Location Using |
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El Jable de Vigocho (Approved - N)
|
Spain (SP)
|
Canary Islands [conventional] / Canarias [Spanish] (SP53)
|
28° 19' 00" N, 014° 10' 00" W |
28RES8169632564
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slope(s) (SLP)
|
|
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Ría de Vigo (Approved - N)
Ria de Vego (Variant - V) |
Spain (SP)
|
Galicia [Spanish, Galician] (SP58)
|
42° 15' 10" N, 008° 44' 39" W |
29TNG2109677862
|
estuary (ESTY)
|
|
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Vigo (Approved - N)
|
Spain (SP)
|
Asturias (SP34)
|
43° 33' 50" N, 006° 37' 42" W |
29TPJ9154426171
|
populated place (PPL)
|
|
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Vigo (Approved - N)
Santa María (Variant - V) |
Spain (SP)
|
Galicia [Spanish, Galician] (SP58)
|
43° 16' 00" N, 008° 19' 00" W |
29TNH5545690655
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populated place (PPL)
|
|
|
Vigo (Approved - N)
|
Spain (SP)
|
Galicia [Spanish, Galician] (SP58)
|
43° 16' 14" N, 008° 08' 05" W |
29TNH7021891236
|
populated place (PPL)
|
|
|
Vigo (Approved - N)
San Vicente (Variant - V) |
Spain (SP)
|
Galicia [Spanish, Galician] (SP58)
|
43° 15' 00" N, 008° 18' 00" W |
29TNH5682488815
|
populated place (PPL)
|
|
|
Vigo (Approved - N)
Santa Eulalia (Variant - V) |
Spain (SP)
|
Galicia [Spanish, Galician] (SP58)
|
42° 51' 38" N, 008° 27' 07" W |
29TNH4477345471
|
populated place (PPL)
|
|
|
Vigo (Approved - N)
|
Spain (SP)
|
Galicia [Spanish, Galician] (SP58)
|
42° 13' 58" N, 008° 43' 21" W |
29TNG2288775664
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populated place (PPL)
|
|
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Ensenada de Vigo (Approved - N)
|
Spain (SP)
|
Galicia [Spanish, Galician] (SP58)
|
42° 14' 50" N, 008° 43' 00" W |
29TNG2337477264
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cove(s) (COVE)
|
The Wikipedia entry for Vigo indicates that it is in Pontevedra province of Galicia:
Vigo (/ˈviːɡoʊ/,
Galician: [ˈbiɣo],
locally: [ˈbiħo, -xo],
Spanish: [ˈbiɣo]) is a city on the Atlantic Ocean in the province of
Pontevedra, in
Galicia, north-west
Spain. Vigo is the most populous municipality in Galicia, and the 14th in
Spain.
Wikipedia also has an entry for a comarca named Vigo: Vigo is a comarca in the Galician province of
Pontevedra. The overall population of this
local region is 413,996. The comarca is formed from the following municipalities:
GEOnet only lists populated places named Vigo in Spain. Can anyone help determine if these two NARs represent the same place or different entities?
Thanks,
Adam
Adam L. Schiff
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