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ID: 1092293
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1092293
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Warri (inhabited place)  Warri (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 05 30 57 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 5.5167  decimal degrees
Long: 005 45 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 5.7500  decimal degrees

Note: Located on Warri river in Niger Delta; was political & trading capital of Itsekiri Kingdom of Warri late 15th cen,; kings were influenced by contact with Portuguese 15th-17th cen., & were active in slave trade; came under British protection 1884.

Names:
Warri (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 Delta (state)  ............  Delta (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Warri (inhabited place)  ................  Warri (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  founded by Prince Ginuwa from Benin in late 15th cen.
town (C)
port (C)
trade center (C)
market center (C)  ............  for palm oil & kernels, rubber & timber
industrial center (C)  ............  for refining natural gas & petroleum
educational center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Warri..........  [VP Preferred]
..............  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) XII, 501
..............  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 213
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) XII, 501
..................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 16 December 2014
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 213
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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