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ID: 7016413
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7016413
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Sekondi-Takoradi (inhabited place)  Sekondi-Takoradi (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 04 59 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 4.9833  decimal degrees
Long: 001 43 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -1.7167  decimal degrees

Note: Forts built by Dutch & British in 17th cen. were destroyed by Ahanta; ceded to British by Dutch 1872; area comprised two cities which were united in 1963; flourished in 1900s with construction of railroad; port used by fishing & pleasure craft.

Names:
Sekondi-Takoradi (preferred,C,V)
Takoradi (H,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 Western (region (administrative division))  ............  Western (region (administrative division)) (P)
Hierarchy of Sekondi-Takoradi (inhabited place)  ................  Sekondi-Takoradi (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  founded 17th cen.
city (C)  ............  united 1963
regional capital (C)
commercial center (C)
industrial center (C)
agricultural center (C)
market center (C)
port (C)
transportation center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Sekondi-Takoradi..........  [VP Preferred]
.............................  Britannica Book of the Year (1995) 615
.............................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) X, 614
.............................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) 185
.............................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 1095
Takoradi..........  [VP]
.................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 357
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Britannica Book of the Year (1995) 615
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) X, 614
..................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) 185
..................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 357
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 1095
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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