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ID: 1093899
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1093899
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Thohoyandou (inhabited place)  Thohoyandou (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 22 57 00 S  degrees minutes   Lat: -22.9500  decimal degrees
Long: 030 28 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 30.4667  decimal degrees

Note: Planned town, capital of the republic of Venda; located near Luvuvhu River; small industries produce furniture, lumber, bricks, processed tea & clothing; was planned to eventually accommodate about 125,000 people.

Names:
Thohoyandou (preferred,C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Africa (continent)  ....  Africa (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of South Africa (nation)  ........  South Africa (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Limpopo (province)  ............  Limpopo (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Thohoyandou (inhabited place)  ................  Thohoyandou (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  construction began in 1979
town (C)
capital (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Thohoyandou..........  [VP Preferred]
.......................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) XII, 712
.......................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 197
.......................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 1208
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) XII, 712
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 197
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 1208
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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