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ID: 1092090
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1092090
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Jos (inhabited place)  Jos (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 09 54 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 9.9000  decimal degrees
Long: 008 53 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 8.8833  decimal degrees

Note: Industries include food processing, beer brewing, cosmetic, soap & furniture manufacturing; center of the construction industry; large mineral wealth attracts outsiders; one of coolest climates in Nigeria; has Jos Museum housing products of Nok culture.

Names:
Jos (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 Plateau (state)  ............  Plateau (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Jos (inhabited place)  ................  Jos (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  since 900 BC by Nok culture
town (C)  ............  developed after 1903
state capital (C)
mining center (C)
university center (C)
resort (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Jos..........  [VP Preferred]
...........  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) VI, 618
...........  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 93
...........  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 848
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) VI, 618
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 93
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 848
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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