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ID: 1090251
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1090251
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Kindia (inhabited place)  Kindia (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 10 04 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 10.0667  decimal degrees
Long: 012 51 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -12.8500  decimal degrees

Note: Originally founded as a collecting point on the railroad, it is now chief trading center for rice, cattle, bananas, pineapples & citrus fruits; site of several fruit & medical research institutions; has a mosque, Roman Catholic mission & several schools.

Names:
Kindia (preferred,C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Africa (continent)  ....  Africa (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Guinée (nation)  ........  Guinée (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Kindia (region (administrative division))  ............  Kindia (region (administrative division)) (P)
Hierarchy of Kindia (inhabited place)  ................  Kindia (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  founded 1904
town (C)
regional capital (C)
administrative center (C)
trade center (C)
transportation center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Kindia..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) VI, 867
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 101
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 611
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) VI, 867
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 101
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 611
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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