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ID: 8711610
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/8711610
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of French Congo (former territory/colony/dependent state)  French Congo (former territory/colony/dependent state)

Coordinates:
Lat: 04 00 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 4.0000  decimal degrees
Long: 016 48 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 16.8000  decimal degrees

Note: Name given to a group of French territories in Central Africa from 1897-1910, after which the name "French Congo" only referred to the "Moyen Congo," or the present-day Republic of the Congo.

Names:
French Congo (preferred,C,V)  ............ 1897-1910
Congo Français (C,V)  ............ 1897-1910

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Africa (continent)  ....  Africa (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of French Congo (former territory/colony/dependent state)  ........  French Congo (former territory/colony/dependent state) (P)

Place Types:
former territory/colony/dependent state (preferred, C)
colony (H)  ............  1897-1910
territory (H)  ............  1897-1910

Related geographic places:
predecessor of ....  French Equatorial Africa .......... (former territory/colony/dependent state)
..........................  (World, Africa) [6002136]

Sources and Contributors:
Congo Français..........  [VP]
.............................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2015-) accessed 6 April 2017
French Congo..........  [VP Preferred]
.......................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2015-) accessed 6 April 2017
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2015-) accessed 6 April 2017
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2015-) accessed 6 April 2017

 

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