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ID: 7000796
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7000796
Record Type:
administrative
Conakry (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 09 31 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 9.5167
decimal degrees
Long: 013 43 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -13.7167
decimal degrees
Note:
Capital of protectorate of Rivières du Sud 1891; capital of colony of French Guinea 1893; exports alumina, bananas, oranges, pineapples & coffee; became industrialized with development of iron mining; nation's educational center; has museum.
Names:
Conakry
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Konakry
(
C
,
V
)
Konakri
(
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Africa
(continent) (
P
)
........
Guinea
(nation) (
P
)
............
Conakry
(governorate) (
P
)
................
Conakry
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
settled by Susu people
city (
C
)
............
established by French in 1884
national capital (
C
)
............
since 1958
port (
C
)
trade center (
C
)
industrial center (
C
)
............
since 1950s
college center (
C
)
capital (
H
)
............
of French Guinea, 1890s
Related geographic places:
capital of ....
Guinea
.......... (nation)
..................
(World, Africa) [1000167]
Sources and Contributors:
Conakry..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
48
.................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
284
Konakri..........
[
VP
]
.................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
284
Konakry..........
[
VP
]
.................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985)
III, 512
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985)
III, 512
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
48
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
284
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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