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ID: 7000594
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7000594
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Mbandaka (inhabited place)  Mbandaka (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 00 02 55 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 0.0480  decimal degrees
Long: 018 15 36 E  degrees minutes   Long: 18.2603  decimal degrees

Note: Founded by explorer Henry M Stanley, who named it Equator; became a colonial administrative center in 1886; located at the confluence of the Congo (Zaïre) & Ruki rivers; economy is based on shipping, agriculture & forest products.

Names:
Mbandaka (preferred,C,V)
Coquilhatville (H,O)  ............ until 1966
Equator (H,O)  ............ named in 1883

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 Équateur (province)  ............  Équateur (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Mbandaka (inhabited place)  ................  Mbandaka (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  founded 1883
town (C)
regional capital (C)
port (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Coquilhatville..........  [VP]
.............................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 581
.............................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) VII, 984
.............................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 745
Equator..........  [VP]
.................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 581
Mbandaka..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 581
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) VII, 984
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 125
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 745
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 581
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) VII, 984
..................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 8 October 2014
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 125
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 745
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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