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ID: 1092548
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1092548
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Thiès (inhabited place)  Thiès (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 14 50 02 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 14.8342  decimal degrees
Long: 017 06 21 W  degrees minutes   Long: -17.1061  decimal degrees

Note: Converging point of the E Dakar-Niger railroad & the N rail & road systems; light-industrial center; aluminum phosphate reserves are located outside the town.

Names:
Thiès (preferred,C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Africa (continent)  ....  Africa (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Senegal (nation)  ........  Senegal (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Thiès (region (administrative division))  ............  Thiès (region (administrative division)) (P)
Hierarchy of Thiès (inhabited place)  ................  Thiès (inhabited place) (P)

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

Sources and Contributors:
Thiès..........  [VP Preferred]
..............  Britannica Book of the Year (1993) 709
..............  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) XI, 709
..............  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 193
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Britannica Book of the Year (1993) 709
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) XI, 709
..................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 24 February 2015
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 193
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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