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ID: 8698200
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/8698200
Record Type:
administrative
Bono (former nation/state/empire)
Coordinates:
Lat: 07 35 09 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 7.5862
decimal degrees
Long: 001 56 27 W
degrees minutes
Long: -1.9414
decimal degrees
Note:
Decentralized kingdom of Akan lineage with main capital at Bono Manso. Although invaded by the Asante in the early 18th century, archaeological evidence suggests that the capital was populated into the early 1750s.
Names:
Bono
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Bonoman
(
C
,
V
)
Bono Manso
(
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
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....
Africa
(continent) (
P
)
........
Bono
(former nation/state/empire) (
P
)
Place Types:
former nation/state/empire (
preferred
,
C
)
............
13th or 14th century-18th century
state (
H
)
Sources and Contributors:
Bono..........
[
VP Preferred
]
...........
Effah-Gyamfi, Bono State (1974)
Bonoman..........
[
VP
]
.................
Silverman, Of Chiefs, Tourists, and Culture (2015)
113
Bono Manso..........
[
VP
]
.......................
Silverman, Of Chiefs, Tourists, and Culture (2015)
113
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Effah-Gyamfi, Bono State (1974)
..................
NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
accessed 24 October 2016
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
..........
Effah-Gyamfi, Bono State (1974)
..........
Silverman, Of Chiefs, Tourists, and Culture (2015)
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