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ID: 7000570
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7000570

 

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

Coordinates:
Lat: 06 41 34 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 6.6936  decimal degrees
Long: 001 37 15 W  degrees minutes   Long: -1.6218  decimal degrees

Note: Belonged to Ashanti kingdom; was taken by British in 1874 & declined; revived with introduction of cocoa cultivation & the railroad; town remained seat of Ashanti kings; today is densely populated center known for handicrafts.

Names:
Kumasi (preferred,C,V)
Coomassie (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 Kumasi (inhabited place)  ................  Kumasi (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)
city (C)  ............  planned early 1900s
regional capital (C)  ............  since 17th cen.
commercial center (C)
transportation center (C)
market center (C)
university center (C)
capital (H)  ............  of British Protectorate, 1900

Sources and Contributors:
Coomassie..........  [VP]
....................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) VII, 31
Kumasi..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 106
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 632
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) VII, 31
..................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 2 January 2015
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 106
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 632
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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