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ID: 1092050 Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1092050			Record Type: administrative

Ila Orangun (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 08 00 00 N degrees minutes			Lat: 8.0000 decimal degrees
Long: 004 54 00 E degrees minutes			Long: 4.9000 decimal degrees

Note: One of oldest settlements of Yoruba people; said to have been founded by son of deity who spread earth on the primeval water; a center for tobacco & cotton; trades in palm oil & kernels, yams, cassava, & corn; has secondary school & health facilities.

Names:

Ila Orangun (preferred,C,V)

Illa (C,V)

Ila (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:

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Africa (continent) (P)

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Nigeria (nation) (P)

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Osun (state) (P)

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Ila Orangun (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:

inhabited place (preferred, C)
town (C)
trade center (C)

Sources and Contributors:

Ila..........	[VP Preferred]
...........	Times Atlas of the World (1994) 88

Ila Orangun..........	[VP]
.......................	Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) VI, 256
.......................	NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 18 December 2014

Illa..........	[VP]
...........	Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) VI, 256

Subject: .....	[VP]
..................	Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) VI, 256
..................	Times Atlas of the World (1994) 88


Note:
English	..........	[VP]

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