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ID: 1091046
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1091046
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Blantyre (inhabited place)  Blantyre (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 15 46 00 S  degrees minutes   Lat: -15.7667  decimal degrees
Long: 035 00 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 35.0000  decimal degrees

Note: Originally established as a mission post for the Church of Scotland; named after the Scottish birthplace of explorer David Livingstone; became a consular station for Great Britian in 1883; joined with nearby Limbe in 1956 to create a united municipality.

Names:
Blantyre (preferred,C,V)
Kapeni (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Africa (continent)  ....  Africa (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Malaŵi (nation)  ........  Malaŵi (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Blantyre (national district)  ............  Blantyre (national district) (P)
Hierarchy of Blantyre (inhabited place)  ................  Blantyre (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  founded 1876
city (C)
regional capital (C)
commercial center (C)
communications center (C)
university center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Blantyre..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) II, 275
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 29
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 152
Kapeni..........  [VP]
.................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 30 September 2014
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) II, 275
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 29
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 152
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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