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ID: 1095874
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1095874
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Tenkodogo (inhabited place)  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:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Africa (continent)  ....  Africa (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Burkina (nation)  ........  Burkina (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Centre-Est (region (administrative division))  ............  Centre-Est (region (administrative division)) (P)
Hierarchy of Tenkodogo (inhabited place)  ................  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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