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ID: 7000499
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7000499
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Osogbo (inhabited place)  Osogbo (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 07 50 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 7.8333  decimal degrees
Long: 004 35 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 4.5833  decimal degrees

Note: Settled by Ilesha from Ibokun; enlarged in 19th cen. by influx of Oyo-Yorubas fleeing from Fulani; paid tribute to Ibadan until 1951; became part of Oyo state 1976; weaving & dyeing of cotton & cotton ginning is traditional; has food processing industry.

Names:
Osogbo (preferred,C,V)
Oshogbo (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 Osun (state)  ............  Osun (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Osogbo (inhabited place)  ................  Osogbo (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  settled in pre-colonial era
town (C)
state capital (C)
trade center (C)
transportation center (C)
capital (H)  ............  of Oshun Division, 1951

Sources and Contributors:
Oshogbo..........  [BHA, VP Preferred]
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) VIII, 1026
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 146
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 902
Osogbo..........  [VP]
.................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 18 December 2014
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) VIII, 1026
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 146
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 902
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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