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ID: 1090170
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1090170

 

Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Obuasi (inhabited place)  Obuasi (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 06 15 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 6.2500  decimal degrees
Long: 001 36 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -1.6000  decimal degrees

Note: Developed with discovery of large gold deposit in 1897 & arrival of railway in 1902; today is center for one of the world's richest gold mines; is market center for cocoa.

Names:
Obuasi (preferred,C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Africa (continent)  ....  Africa (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Ghana (nation)  ........  Ghana (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Ashanti (region (administrative division))  ............  Ashanti (region (administrative division)) (P)
Hierarchy of Obuasi (inhabited place)  ................  Obuasi (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)
town (C)
transportation center (C)
mining center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Obuasi..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) VIII, 858
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 143
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) VIII, 858
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 143
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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