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ID: 1092003
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1092003
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Gusau (inhabited place)  Gusau (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 12 12 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 12.2000  decimal degrees
Long: 006 40 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 6.6660  decimal degrees

Note: Major collecting point for cotton & peanuts; cotton ginning, weaving & dyeing are traditional; has modern textile plant since 1960; exports tobacco, chickens & goats to Zaria; has an Islamic women's teacher training college; chief medical center in east.

Names:
Gusau (preferred,C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Africa (continent)  ....  Africa (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Nigeria (nation)  ........  Nigeria (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Zamfara (state)  ............  Zamfara (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Gusau (inhabited place)  ................  Gusau (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)
city (C)
transportation center (C)
trade center (C)
college center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Gusau..........  [VP Preferred]
..............  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 78
..............  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 477
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 19 December 2014
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 78
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 477
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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