| LC control no. | n 82000743 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Geographic heading | Fort-de-France (Martinique) |
| Geographic subdivision usage | Martinique--Fort-de-France |
| Variant(s) | Fort-de-France Le Fort-de-France (Martinique) Fort of France (Martinique) |
| See also | Fort-Royal (Martinique) |
| Associated country | Martinique France |
| Found in | BGN 11/18/81 (Fort-de-France, PPL, 14°36ʹN, 61°05ʹW; variants: Fort Royal, Le Fort-de-France) Mémoire d'Au-Béro, 1998: t.p. (Foyal) p. 4 of cover (Foyal, ancien nom de Fort-de-France; Martinique) Wikipedia, September 8, 2015 (Fort-de-France; capital of France's Caribbean overseas department of Martinique; also known as the Fort of France; originally named Fort-Royal; the name of Fort-Royal was changed to a short-lived Fort-La-Republique during the French Revolution, and finally settled as Fort-de-France sometime in the 19th century; 14°36ʹ00ʺN 61°05ʹ00ʺW) GEOnet, September 8, 2015 (Fort-de-France; variants: Fort Royal; Le Fort-de-France; seat of a first-order administrative division; Martinique; 14°36ʹ19ʺN, 061°04ʹ32ʺW (14.605202, -61.075427)) Britannica online, September 8, 2015 (Fort-de-France, city and capital of the French overseas département and région of Martinique, in the West Indies; formerly called Fort-Royal, it has been Martinique's capital since 1680) Fort de France web page, September 8, 2015 (originally called Fort-Royal, then for several months in 1793 Fort-la-République [no publications or access points in OCLC]) <http://jm.sutour.pagesperso-orange.fr/visite%20enmartinique/communes%20sud/fort%20de%20france/fort_de_france.htm> |
| Geographic area code | nwmq--- |
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