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ID: 1092074
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1092074
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Iseyin (inhabited place)  Iseyin (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 07 59 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 7.9833  decimal degrees
Long: 003 40 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 3.6667  decimal degrees

Note: Traditional center for cotton spinning & weaving; best known for dyeing of heavy imported cloth; cultivates tobacco, teak, cotton & vegetable dyes; grows cassava, corn & peanuts; Yoruba Mission opened Anglican church 1860s; has several Christian schools.

Names:
Iseyin (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 Oyo (state)  ............  Oyo (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Iseyin (inhabited place)  ................  Iseyin (inhabited place) (P)

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

Sources and Contributors:
Iseyin..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) VI, 404
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 90
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 552
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) VI, 404
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 90
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 552
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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