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ID: 1090440
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1090440
Record Type:
administrative
Eldoret (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 00 31 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 0.5167
decimal degrees
Long: 035 17 00 E
degrees minutes
Long: 35.2833
decimal degrees
Note:
Pleasant climate drew many settlers from Europe during the colonial period; is a trade center for corn, wheat & pyrethum & cattle; produces flour & processed food; seat of a Roman Catholic bishop.
Names:
Eldoret
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Africa
(continent) (
P
)
........
Kenya
(nation) (
P
)
............
Uasin Gishu
(county) (
P
)
................
Eldoret
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
town (
C
)
agricultural center (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Eldoret..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985)
IV, 421
.................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
61
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985)
IV, 421
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
61
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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