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ID: 6001006
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/6001006

 

Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Buganda (former nation/state/empire)  Buganda (former nation/state/empire)

Coordinates:
Lat: 02 00 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 2.0000  decimal degrees
Long: 033 00 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 33.0000  decimal degrees

Note: A large and powerful kingdom of interlacustrine states in east Africa, possibly existing as early as the 14th century through 1966. Was an important independent power from 17th-19th century; became British protectorate in 1894; limited self-government, 1900.

Names:
Buganda (preferred,C,V)
Ganda (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Africa (continent)  ....  Africa (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Buganda (former nation/state/empire)  ........  Buganda (former nation/state/empire) (P)

Place Types:
former nation/state/empire (preferred, C)
former group of nations/states/cities (C)
state (H)
kingdom (H)

Related geographic places:
predecessor of ....  Uganda .......... (nation)
..........................  (World, Africa) [1000206]

Sources and Contributors:
Buganda..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Lipschutz, Dictionary of African Historical Biography (1999)
.................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 339, 301
Ganda..........  [VP]
..............  Lipschutz, Dictionary of African Historical Biography (1999)
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 339, 301
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Lipschutz, Dictionary of African Historical Biography (1999)
..........  Times Atlas of World History (1989)

 

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