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ID: 1088155
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1088155
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Bafoussam (inhabited place)  Bafoussam (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 05 28 37 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 5.4778  decimal degrees
Long: 010 25 01 E  degrees minutes   Long: 10.4176  decimal degrees

Note: Major trade center for coffee, Kola nuts, tobacco, tea, cinchona, pigs & poultry; has coffee-processing, wood & construction industries.

Names:
Bafoussam (preferred,C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Africa (continent)  ....  Africa (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Cameroun (nation)  ........  Cameroun (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Ouest (region (administrative division))  ............  Ouest (region (administrative division)) (P)
Hierarchy of Bafoussam (inhabited place)  ................  Bafoussam (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)
town (C)
provincial capital (C)
trade center (C)
transportation center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Bafoussam..........  [VP Preferred]
....................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) I, 791
....................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 19
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) I, 791
..................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 25 September 2014
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 19
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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