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ID: 1092290
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1092290
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Uyo (inhabited place)  Uyo (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 05 01 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 5.0167  decimal degrees
Long: 007 56 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 7.9333  decimal degrees

Note: Collecting point for palm oil & kernels; trades in yams, cassava & palm produce for Ibibio people; has a brewery & textile mill; headquarters of Uyo Local Government Council; site of advanced teacher-training college & Cross River State School of Arts.

Names:
Uyo (preferred,C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Africa (continent)  ....  Africa (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Nigeria (nation)  ........  Nigeria (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Akwa Ibom (state)  ............  Akwa Ibom (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Uyo (inhabited place)  ................  Uyo (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)
town (C)
state capital (C)
trade center (C)
college center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Uyo..........  [VP Preferred]
...........  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) XII, 225
...........  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 206
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) XII, 225
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 206
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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