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ID: 1001880
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1001880

 

Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Kano (state)  Kano (state)

Coordinates:
Lat: 11 30 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 11.5000  decimal degrees
Long: 008 30 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 8.5000  decimal degrees

Names:
Kano (preferred,C,V,English-P,U,N)
Kano state (C,O,display)
Kano State (C,U,O)
NI29 (C,U,FIPS)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Africa (continent)  ....  Africa (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Nigeria (nation)  ........  Nigeria (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Kano (state)  ............  Kano (state) (P)

Place Types:
state (preferred, C)  ............  established 1976
first level subdivision (C)
city-state (H)  ............  of Hausa States

Related geographic places:
historical connection ....  Hausa States .......... (former group of nations/states/cities)
........................................  (World, Africa, Nigeria) [6002488]

Sources and Contributors:
Kano..........  [VP Preferred]
...........  GeoNames online [n.d.] 2335196
...........  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2014618
...........  Times Atlas of the World (1994) plate 90
...........  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 848
Kano state..........  [VP]
.......................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
Kano State..........  [VP]
.......................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 2335196
.......................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2014618
NI29..........  [VP]
...........  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014) accessed 21 November 2006
..................  GeoNames online [n.d.] 2335196
..................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
..................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 15 December 2014
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -2014618
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) plate 90
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 848
..................  Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kano_State

 

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