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ID: 7000568
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7000568

 

Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Kindu (inhabited place)  Kindu (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 02 56 34 S  degrees minutes   Lat: -2.9437  decimal degrees
Long: 025 55 19 E  degrees minutes   Long: 25.9224  decimal degrees

Note: Developed as transportation center due to location on the Congo (Zaïre) river system; N terminus of a railroad connecting the city with nearby copper-mining regions; has road & air links with other parts of the country.

Names:
Kindu (preferred,C,V)
Kindu-Port-Empain (H,O)

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 Maniema (province)  ............  Maniema (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Kindu (inhabited place)  ................  Kindu (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)
city (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Kindu..........  [VP Preferred]
..............  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) VI, 867
..............  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 101
Kindu-Port-Empain..........  [VP]
................................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) VI, 867
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) VI, 867
..................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 27 October 2014
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 101
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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