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ID: 1095790
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1095790
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Dédougou (inhabited place)  Dédougou (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 12 27 46 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 12.4634  decimal degrees
Long: 003 27 36 W  degrees minutes   Long: -3.4607  decimal degrees

Note: Largest town & commercial center of the Volta-Noire department; situated at a road junction; town has an airfield.

Names:
Dédougou (preferred,C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Africa (continent)  ....  Africa (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Burkina (nation)  ........  Burkina (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Boucle du Mouhoun (region (administrative division))  ............  Boucle du Mouhoun (region (administrative division)) (P)
Hierarchy of Dédougou (inhabited place)  ................  Dédougou (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)
town (C)
department capital (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Dédougou..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) XII, 426
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 53
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) XII, 426
..................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 26 September 2014
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 53
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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