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ID: 1000796
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1000796
Record Type:
administrative
Volta-Noire (former administrative division)
Coordinates:
Lat: 12 45 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 12.7500
decimal degrees
Long: 003 30 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -3.5000
decimal degrees
Note:
E region is traditional home of Mandé-speakers, including Samo & Marka; inhabitants of W region are of Voltaic group, including Bobo & Bwaba; produces millet & sorghum; there are cattle markets in Tougan & Nouna.
Names:
Volta-Noire
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Volta-Noire region
(
C
,
O
,
display
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
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Africa
(continent) (
P
)
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Burkina Faso
(nation) (
P
)
............
Volta-Noire
(former administrative division) (
P
)
Place Types:
former administrative division (
preferred
,
C
)
region (administrative division) (
H
)
first level subdivision (
H
)
Sources and Contributors:
Volta-Noire..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.......................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985)
XII, 426
.......................
Rand McNally Atlas (1989)
I-187
Volta-Noire region..........
[
VP
]
...................................
Getty Vocabulary Program rules
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985)
XII, 426
..................
Getty Vocabulary Program rules
..................
NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
accessed 26 September 2014
..................
Rand McNally Atlas (1989)
I-187
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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