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ID: 7000500
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7000500
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Oyo (inhabited place)  Oyo (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 07 50 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 7.8333  decimal degrees
Long: 003 55 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 3.9167  decimal degrees

Note: Aligned with Ibadan during Yoruba civil wars mid-19th cen.; under British protection from the French 1888; economy based on agriculture & handicrafts; traditional center for cotton spinning, weaving & dyeing; trades in yams, corn, sorghum & cassava.

Names:
Oyo (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 Oyo (inhabited place)  ................  Oyo (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  settled early 19th cen.
town (C)
agricultural center (C)
trade center (C)
transportation center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Oyo..........  [VP Preferred]
...........  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) IX, 36
...........  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 148
...........  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 908
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) IX, 36
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 148
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 908
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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