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ID: 1092154
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1092154
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Maiduguri (inhabited place)  Maiduguri (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 11 50 45 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 11.8469  decimal degrees
Long: 013 09 25 E  degrees minutes   Long: 13.1571  decimal degrees

Note: Largest city in state; area comprises towns of Yerwa & Maiduguri; population is mostly Muslim Kanuri, Shuwa people & Christians; city is dominated by a palace & mosque; lies astride historic pilgrim route from Senegal to Mecca; trades in cotton & rice.

Names:
Maiduguri (preferred,C,V)
Yerwa (C,V)
Yerwa-Maiduguri (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Africa (continent)  ....  Africa (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Nigeria (nation)  ........  Nigeria (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Borno (state)  ............  Borno (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Maiduguri (inhabited place)  ................  Maiduguri (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  founded 1907
city (C)
state capital (C)
transportation center (C)
trade center (C)
industrial center (C)  ............  since mid-1960s
commercial center (C)
university center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Maiduguri..........  [VP Preferred]
....................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 119
....................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 848
Yerwa..........  [VP]
..............  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) VII, 704-705
Yerwa-Maiduguri..........  [VP]
.............................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) VII, 704-705
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) VII, 704-705
..................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 16 December 2014
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 119
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 848
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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