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ID: 1090325
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1090325
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Bouaké (inhabited place)  Bouaké (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 07 42 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 7.7000  decimal degrees
Long: 005 00 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -5.0000  decimal degrees

Note: Established as French military post; the nation's second largest community; processes cotton, tobacco, sisal & rice; has oldest & largest textile mill in country; chief trade center of Baule people; has Catholic & Protestant churches & several mosques.

Names:
Bouaké (preferred,C,V)
Bwake (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Africa (continent)  ....  Africa (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Côte d'Ivoire (nation)  ........  Côte d'Ivoire (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Vallée du Bandama (national district)  ............  Vallée du Bandama (national district) (P)
Hierarchy of Bouaké (inhabited place)  ................  Bouaké (inhabited place) (P)

Additional Parents:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Africa (continent)  ....  Africa (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Côte d'Ivoire (nation)  ........  Côte d'Ivoire (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Vallée du Bandama (national district)  ............  Vallée du Bandama (national district) (P)
Hierarchy of Bouaké, Département de (department)  ................  Bouaké, Département de (department) (P)
Hierarchy of Bouaké (inhabited place)  ....................  Bouaké (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  founded 1899
city (C)  ............  established 1969
administrative center (C)
commercial center (C)
transportation center (C)
trade center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Bouaké..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) II, 416
.................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 10 February 2015
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 32
Bwake..........  [VP]
..............  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 165
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) II, 416
..................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 10 February 2015
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 32
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 165
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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