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ID: 1091179
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1091179
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Kayes (inhabited place)  Kayes (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 14 26 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 14.4333  decimal degrees
Long: 011 28 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -11.4667  decimal degrees

Note: Located on the Sénégal River; major stop on the Mali Railway from Dakar & Thiès in Sénégal to Koulikoro & Bamako.

Names:
Kayes (preferred,C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Africa (continent)  ....  Africa (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Mali (nation)  ........  Mali (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Kayes (region (administrative division))  ............  Kayes (region (administrative division)) (P)
Hierarchy of Kayes (inhabited place)  ................  Kayes (inhabited place) (P)

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

Sources and Contributors:
Kayes..........  [VP Preferred]
..............  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) VI, 773
..............  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 98
..............  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 596
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) VI, 773
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 98
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 596
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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