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ID: 7000426
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7000426
Record Type:
administrative
Saint-Louis (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 16 01 55 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 16.0322
decimal degrees
Long: 016 36 57 W
degrees minutes
Long: -16.6167
decimal degrees
Note:
Oldest French colonial establishment in Africa; occupied by British in 1758-1759 during Seven Years' War; was French political center from 1848; is current river-rail transfer locus for Sénégalais valley trade; is a fishing community.
Names:
Saint-Louis
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
St. Louis
(
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Africa
(continent) (
P
)
........
Senegal
(nation) (
P
)
............
Saint-Louis
(region (administrative division)) (
P
)
................
Saint-Louis
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
founded 1658
city (
C
)
regional capital (
C
)
port (
C
)
capital (
H
)
............
of French West Africa, 1895-1902; of Sénégal until 1958
Sources and Contributors:
Saint-Louis..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.......................
Britannica Book of the Year (1993)
709
.......................
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
II, 808
.......................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985)
X, 327
.......................
NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
.......................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
1097
St. Louis..........
[
VP
]
....................
Times Atlas of World History (1993)
354
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Britannica Book of the Year (1993)
709
..................
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
II, 808
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985)
X, 327
..................
NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
accessed 24 February 2015
..................
NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................
Times Atlas of World History (1993)
354
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
1097
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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