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El Cobre
El Cobre
Type of entityCiudad
Biographical/historical dataAbstract from English Wikipedia:
"El Cobre is a town in Cuba, until recently the site of a large copper mine worked by slaves, free coloured people, and for a while by miners from Cornwall.The town is now known mainly for a basilica in honour of the patron saint of Cuba."
RelationshipsBroader term:
Santiago de Cuba (Provincia)
Santiago de Cuba (Provincia)
NotesLocalidad de la provincia de Santiago de Cuba. En ella se encuentra la Basílica de Nuestra Señora de la Caridad del Cobre, patrona de Cuba.
Variants of the nameSantiago del Prado
Cobre (Cuba)
Cobre (Cuba)
Source data found1. WWW Geonames, 20/05/2016 N 20° 2' 54''/ W 75° 56' 44'' http://www.geonames.org/3561408
2. WWW Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names, 20/05/2016 El Cobre (inhabited place) http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/1016343
2. WWW Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names, 20/05/2016 El Cobre (inhabited place) http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/1016343
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