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ID: 7000603
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7000603
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Mashonaland (general region)  Mashonaland (general region)

Note: Region of open plains & fertile tableland; named for the Mashona Bantus; part of the British colony of Southern Rhodesia 1923; now divided into Mashonaland Central, West, & East for administrative purposes.

Names:
Mashonaland (preferred,C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Africa (continent)  ....  Africa (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Zimbabwe (nation)  ........  Zimbabwe (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Mashonaland (general region)  ............  Mashonaland (general region) (P)

Place Types:
general region (preferred, C)
former administrative division (C)
province (H)

Sources and Contributors:
Mashonaland..........  [VP Preferred]
.......................  Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) 398
.......................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 737
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) 398
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 737
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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