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ID: 7000633
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7000633
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Matadi (inhabited place)  Matadi (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 05 50 19 S  degrees minutes   Lat: -5.8380  decimal degrees
Long: 013 27 47 E  degrees minutes   Long: 13.4630  decimal degrees

Note: Main port of Zaïre with one of the largest harbors in central Africa; situated at the base of the Cristal mountains; name is the Kikongo word for stone; trading station opened in 1879 by Sir Henry Morton Stanley; has a granite-cut mile-long waterfront.

Names:
Matadi (preferred,C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Africa (continent)  ....  Africa (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Congo, République Démocratique du (nation)  ........  Congo, République Démocratique du (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Kongo Central (province)  ............  Kongo Central (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Matadi (inhabited place)  ................  Matadi (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  was a trading station in 1879
town (C)
regional capital (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Matadi..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 123
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 740
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 16 January 2019
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 123
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 740
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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