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ID: 1092095
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1092095
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Kaduna (inhabited place)  Kaduna (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 10 31 19 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 10.5222  decimal degrees
Long: 007 26 16 E  degrees minutes   Long: 7.4383  decimal degrees

Note: Has one of largest textile spinning & weaving mills in Africa; heavy industries make steel, aluminum products & explosives; a center for construction industry; has stock exchange; collecting point for cotton, peanuts, hides & skins; trades sorghum & corn.

Names:
Kaduna (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 Kaduna (state)  ............  Kaduna (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Kaduna (inhabited place)  ................  Kaduna (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)
town (C)
state capital (C)
transportation center (C)
industrial center (C)  ............  since late 1950s
commercial center (C)
financial center (C)
college center (C)
capital (H)  ............  of Northern Region, 1917-1967

Sources and Contributors:
Kaduna..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) VI, 676
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 94
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 848
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) VI, 676
..................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 16 December 2014
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 94
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 848
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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