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ID: 1089632
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1089632
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Parakou (inhabited place)  Parakou (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 09 20 14 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 9.3370  decimal degrees
Long: 002 37 49 E  degrees minutes   Long: 2.6300  decimal degrees

Note: Located approximately 200 miles N of the nation's capital, Porto-Novo.

Names:
Parakou (preferred,C,V)
Paraku (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Africa (continent)  ....  Africa (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Benin (nation)  ........  Benin (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Borgou (department)  ............  Borgou (department) (P)
Hierarchy of Parakou (inhabited place)  ................  Parakou (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)
town (C)
provincial capital (C)
department capital (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Parakou..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 23 April 2014
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 149
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 925
Paraku..........  [VP]
.................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 23 April 2014
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 23 April 2014
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 149
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 925
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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