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ID: 7000491
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7000491
Record Type:
administrative
Ouagadougou (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 12 22 12 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 12.3703
decimal degrees
Long: 001 31 26 W
degrees minutes
Long: -1.5247
decimal degrees
Note:
Joined by railroad to the Atlantic port city of Abidjan, Ivory Coast; major industries include textiles, handicrafts, carbonated beverages, footwear & matches; University of Ouagadougou opened in 1969; has an international airport.
Names:
Ouagadougou
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Uagadugu
(
C
,
V
)
Wagadugu
(
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Africa
(continent) (
P
)
........
Burkina
(nation) (
P
)
............
Centre
(region (administrative division)) (
P
)
................
Ouagadougou
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
founded in 11th cen. as capital of Mossi kingdom of Wagadugu
city (
C
)
national capital (
C
)
department capital (
C
)
capital (
H
)
............
of Wagadugu kingdom until 1896
Related geographic places:
capital of ....
Burkina
.......... (nation)
..................
(World, Africa) [1000208]
Sources and Contributors:
Ouagadougou..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.......................
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
II, 699-700
.......................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985)
IX, 8
.......................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
144
.......................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
906
Uagadugu..........
[
VP
]
.................
Rand McNally Atlas (1989)
I-182
Wagadugu..........
[
VP
]
.................
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
II, 699-700
.................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985)
IX, 906
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
II, 699-700
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985)
IX, 8; IX, 906
..................
NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
accessed 26 September 2014
..................
Rand McNally Atlas (1989)
I-182
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
144
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
906
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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