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ID: 1095874
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1095874
Record Type:
administrative
Tenkodogo (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 11 46 48 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 11.7800
decimal degrees
Long: 000 22 11 W
degrees minutes
Long: -0.3690
decimal degrees
Note:
Former capital of Mossi kingdom of Tenkodogo (Old Land), established in the 15th cen.; remained an important caravan stop during the 19th cen.
Names:
Tenkodogo
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Africa
(continent) (
P
)
........
Burkina Faso
(nation) (
P
)
............
Centre-Est
(region (administrative division)) (
P
)
................
Tenkodogo
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
founded 15th cen.
town (
C
)
department capital (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Tenkodogo..........
[
VP Preferred
]
....................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985)
III, 31
....................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
192
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985)
III, 31
..................
NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
accessed 26 September 2014
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
192
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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