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ID: 1091792
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1091792
Record Type:
administrative
Niamey (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 13 32 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 13.5333
decimal degrees
Long: 002 05 00 E
degrees minutes
Long: 2.0833
decimal degrees
Note:
Originally developed as an agricultural center inhabited by Maouri, Zerma & Fulani tribes; was a minor military post for France in the 19th cen.; presently populated by Hausa & Yoruba traders & Nigerian craftsmen; there is some light industry.
Names:
Niamey
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Africa
(continent) (
P
)
........
Niger
(nation) (
P
)
............
Niamey
(district capital) (
P
)
................
Niamey
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
city (
C
)
national capital (
C
)
............
since 1926
port (
C
)
Related geographic places:
capital of ....
Niger
.......... (nation)
..................
(World, Africa) [1000181]
Sources and Contributors:
Niamey..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.................
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
II, 660-661
.................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985)
VIII, 673
.................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
139
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
II, 660-661
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985)
VIII, 673
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
139
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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