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ID: 8698209
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/8698209

 

Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Menabé (former nation/state/empire)  Menabé (former nation/state/empire)

Coordinates:
Lat: 20 22 26 S  degrees minutes   Lat: -20.3742  decimal degrees
Long: 044 20 31 E  degrees minutes   Long: 44.3429  decimal degrees

Note: Kingdom founded in the 17th century by a migration of Sakalava from the southern tip of Madagascar; located between the Mangoky and Manambalo rivers. Together with the kingdom of Boina, Menabé controlled most of the western Madagascar in the 18th century. In the 19th century, Menabé was absorbed by the Merina empire.

Names:
Menabé (preferred,C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Africa (continent)  ....  Africa (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Madagascar (nation)  ........  Madagascar (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Menabé (former nation/state/empire)  ............  Menabé (former nation/state/empire) (P)

Place Types:
former nation/state/empire (preferred, C)  ............  17th-19th centuries
kingdom (H)

Related geographic places:
related to ....  Sakalava .......... (former nation/state/empire)
..................  (World, Africa, Madagascar) [8698194]

Sources and Contributors:
Menabé..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2015-) accessed 25 October 2016
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2015-) accessed 25 October 2016
..................  Google Maps online (2000-) accessed 25 October 2016
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2015-) accessed 25 October 2016

 

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