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ID: 1091805
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1091805
Record Type:
administrative
Tahoua (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 14 53 16 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 14.8888
decimal degrees
Long: 005 16 08 E
degrees minutes
Long: 5.2692
decimal degrees
Note:
Located at junction of important roads between Agadez & Niamey; is on the border between a cultivated area & a drier pastoral area that supports cattle, goats & sheep; received influx of refugees during Sahel drought of 1970s.
Names:
Tahoua
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Africa
(continent) (
P
)
........
Niger
(nation) (
P
)
............
Tahoua
(region (administrative division)) (
P
)
................
Tahoua
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
town (
C
)
regional capital (
C
)
trade center (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Tahoua..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985)
XI, 498
.................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
193
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985)
XI, 498
..................
NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
accessed 5 December 2014
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
193
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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