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ID: 1094774
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1094774
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Mwanza (inhabited place)  Mwanza (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 02 31 00 S  degrees minutes   Lat: -2.5167  decimal degrees
Long: 032 56 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 32.9333  decimal degrees

Note: Located on S shore of Lake Victoria; railroad terminus.

Names:
Mwanza (preferred,C,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 Mwanza Region (region (administrative division))  ............  Mwanza Region (region (administrative division)) (P)
Hierarchy of Mwanza (inhabited place)  ................  Mwanza (inhabited place) (P)

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

Sources and Contributors:
Mwanza..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 135
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 1186
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 804
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 135
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 1186
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 804
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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