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Cornwall (England : County)

LC control no.n 80106711
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Geographic headingCornwall (England : County)
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Geographic subdivision usageEngland--Cornwall (County)
Variant(s)Cornwall (County)
County of Cornwall (England)
Kernow (England)
Associated countryEngland Great Britain
Associated placeWest Country (England)
Special noteOld catalog heading: Cornwall, Eng.
Found inEncyc. Brit. (Cornwall; county in SW extremity of England)
Foreign names information bulletin, July 31, 2001 (former name: Cornwall--ADM1, 50°25ʹN 04°40ʹW (UK08); new name: Cornwall [short form], County of--ADM1, 50°25ʹN 04°45ʹW (UKC6))
GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (adm2; 50°25ʹ00ʺN 004°45ʹ00ʺW)
GeoNames, 30 April 2014 (Cornwall (approved); variant: County of Cornwall; country: United Kingdom; 50°25ʹ00ʺ N, 004°45ʹ00ʺ W; 50.416667 [N], -4.75 [W]; first-order administrative division)
Wikipedia, 30 April 2014 (Cornwall; Cornish: Kernow; a ceremonial county and unitary authority of England, within the United Kingdom; Cornwall is a peninsula bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar; forms the westernmost part of the south-west peninsula of the island of Great Britain; is recognised as one of the Celtic nations, retaining a distinct cultural identity; the administrative centre, and only city, in Cornwall is Truro; Cornwall is now governed by a unitary authority known as Cornwall Council)
Geographic area codee-uk-en