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Sud-Ouest (region (administrative division)) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 10 30 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 10.5000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 003 15 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -3.2500 decimal degrees |
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Note: Inhabited by the Lobi, who came to the area from E of the Volta Noire river; they were one of the last groups to submit to French control in the 1890s; area has fertile soil cultivated in sorghum, yams, cotton, rice & sugarcane. |
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| Sud-Ouest (preferred,C,V,English)
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| Sud-Ouest (French)
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| Région du Sud-Ouest (C,V,O)
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| Sud-Ouest region (C,O)
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| UV91 (C,U,FIPS)
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| Southwest (C,U)
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| Sud-Ouest Region (C,U,English)
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Sud-Ouest (region (administrative division)) (P) |
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| region (administrative division) (preferred, C) |
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| first level subdivision (C) |
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