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ID: 1089172
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1089172
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Kolwezi (inhabited place)  Kolwezi (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 10 45 00 S  degrees minutes   Lat: -10.7500  decimal degrees
Long: 025 25 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 25.4167  decimal degrees

Note: Mineral deposits in the region were long known to native peoples; Belgians exploited the deposits beginning in the 1800s; industrialization began in early 20th cen.; modern city is center for copper mining; has air shipment facilities to Lubumbashi.

Names:
Kolwezi (preferred,C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Africa (continent)  ....  Africa (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Democratic Republic of the Congo (nation)  ........  Democratic Republic of the Congo (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Lualaba (province)  ............  Lualaba (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Kolwezi (inhabited place)  ................  Kolwezi (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  was established by native peoples as mineral center; Belgians settled here in 19th cen.
city (C)
subregional capital (C)
mining center (C)
transportation center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Kolwezi..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) VI, 943
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 103
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) VI, 943
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 103
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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