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ID: 7018299
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7018299
Record Type:
administrative
Wassu (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 13 40 58 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 13.6833
decimal degrees
Long: 014 52 58 W
degrees minutes
Long: -14.8833
decimal degrees
Note:
Famed for circles of standing laterite stones surrounding the town; these mark burial grounds from 1200 years ago.
Names:
Wassu
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Wassau
(
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Africa
(continent) (
P
)
........
The Gambia
(nation) (
P
)
............
Central River
(region (administrative division)) (
P
)
................
Wassu
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
frequented by ancient peoples in 1st mill. AD
town (
C
)
archaeological site (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Wassau..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.................
Gambia Tourist Office, Gambia (1990)
8-9
Wassu..........
[
VP
]
..............
Gambia Tourist Office, Gambia (1990)
13
..............
NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
accessed 16 February 2015
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Gambia Tourist Office, Gambia (1990)
13; 8-9
..................
NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
accessed 16 February 2015
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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