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ID: 7000570
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7000570
Record Type:
administrative
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:
World
(facet)
....
Africa
(continent) (
P
)
........
Ghana
(nation) (
P
)
............
Ashanti
(region (administrative division)) (
P
)
................
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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