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ID: 1095044
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1095044
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Jinja (inhabited place)  Jinja (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 00 27 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 0.4500  decimal degrees
Long: 033 14 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 33.2333  decimal degrees

Note: Second largest town in Uganda; founded as a British administrative center; hydroelectric power initiated industrial development; today industries include the first steel rolling mill of East Africa, smeltery for Kilembe copper & wood factories.

Names:
Jinja (preferred,C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Africa (continent)  ....  Africa (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Uganda (nation)  ........  Uganda (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Jinja (national district)  ............  Jinja (national district) (P)
Hierarchy of Jinja (inhabited place)  ................  Jinja (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  founded 1901
town (C)
municipality (C)  ............  established 1957
industrial center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Jinja..........  [VP Preferred]
..............  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) VI, 554
..............  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 92
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) VI, 554
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 92
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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