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ID: 1000774
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1000774
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Tahoua (region (administrative division))  Tahoua (region (administrative division))

Coordinates:
Lat: 16 00 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 16.0000  decimal degrees
Long: 005 30 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 5.5000  decimal degrees

Note: Established under a national program to promote sedentary farming among nomads; cotton, onions & cereal are cultivated; area contains deposits of gypsum & phosphate; industries include cotton ginning & peanut shelling.

Names:
Tahoua (preferred,C,V,O)
Tahoua department (C,O)
Département de Tahoua (C,U)
NG06 (C,U,FIPS)
Région de Tahoua (C,U)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Africa (continent)  ....  Africa (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Niger (nation)  ........  Niger (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Tahoua (region (administrative division))  ............  Tahoua (region (administrative division)) (P)

Place Types:
region (administrative division) (preferred, C)
first level subdivision (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Département de Tahoua..........  [VP]
......................................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -1086071
NG06..........  [VP]
...........  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Région de Tahoua..........  [VP]
.............................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -1086071
Tahoua..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) XI, 498
.................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 2439374
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -1086071
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) plate 89
Tahoua department..........  [VP]
................................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) XI, 498
..................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 2439374
..................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
..................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 4 December 2014
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -1086071
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) plate 89
..................  Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tahoua_Region
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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