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ID: 7018299
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7018299
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Wassu (inhabited place)  Wassu (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 13 40 58 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 13.6833  decimal degrees
Long: 014 52 58 W  degrees minutes   Long: -14.8833  decimal degrees

Note: Famed for circles of standing laterite stones surrounding the town; these mark burial grounds from 1200 years ago.

Names:
Wassu (preferred,C,V)
Wassau (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Africa (continent)  ....  Africa (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Gambia, The (nation)  ........  Gambia, The (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Central River (region (administrative division))  ............  Central River (region (administrative division)) (P)
Hierarchy of Wassu (inhabited place)  ................  Wassu (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  frequented by ancient peoples in 1st mill. AD
town (C)
archaeological site (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Wassau..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Gambia Tourist Office, Gambia (1990) 8-9
Wassu..........  [VP]
..............  Gambia Tourist Office, Gambia (1990) 13
..............  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 16 February 2015
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Gambia Tourist Office, Gambia (1990) 13; 8-9
..................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 16 February 2015
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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