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ID: 1001627
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Arusha (region)  Arusha (region)

Coordinates:
Lat: 02 45 00 S  degrees minutes   Lat: -2.7500  decimal degrees
Long: 036 00 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 36.0000  decimal degrees

Note: Agricultural region that produces coffee, grain, vegetables, cotton, pyrethrum, sisal, papain & sunflower seeds; contains deposits of salt, mica, ochre & magnesite; inhabited by the Arusha, Meru, Iraqw & Masai peoples.

Names:
Arusha (preferred,C,V)
Arusha region (C,O,display)
Northern Region (H,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Africa (continent)  ....  Africa (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Tanzania (nation)  ........  Tanzania (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Arusha (region)  ............  Arusha (region) (P)

Place Types:
region (preferred, C)  ............  established 1963
first level subdivision (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Arusha..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) I, 611
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) Plate 93
Arusha region..........  [VP]
..........................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
Northern Region..........  [VP]
.............................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) I, 611
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) I, 611
..................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) Plate 93
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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