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ID: 7000573
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7000573
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Kalemie (inhabited place)  Kalemie (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 05 57 00 S  degrees minutes   Lat: -5.9500  decimal degrees
Long: 029 10 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 29.1667  decimal degrees

Note: Established as a military base by Belgians during their campaign against Arab slave traders who attacked the city in 1892 & 1893; harbor carries most of the nation's imports coming from Dar es-Salaam, Tanzania to Lubumbashi; city has an airport.

Names:
Kalemie (preferred,C,V)
Kalémié (C,V)
Kalemi (C,V)
Lukuga (C,V)
Albertville (H,O)  ............ 1915-1966

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 Tanganyika (province)  ............  Tanganyika (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Kalemie (inhabited place)  ................  Kalemie (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  founded 1892
city (C)
subregional capital (C)
port (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Albertville..........  [VP]
.......................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 454
.......................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) VI, 691
.......................  Times Atlas of World History (1989) 345
Kalemi..........  [VP]
.................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 454
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) VI, 691
.................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Kalémié..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 95
.................  Times Atlas of World History (1989) 345
Kalemie..........  [VP]
.................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 454
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) VI, 691
.................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 9 October 2014
.................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Lukuga..........  [VP]
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) VI, 691
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 454
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) VI, 691
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 95
..................  Times Atlas of World History (1989) 345
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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