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ID: 7000426
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7000426
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Saint-Louis (inhabited place)  Saint-Louis (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 16 01 55 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 16.0322  decimal degrees
Long: 016 36 57 W  degrees minutes   Long: -16.6167  decimal degrees

Note: Oldest French colonial establishment in Africa; occupied by British in 1758-1759 during Seven Years' War; was French political center from 1848; is current river-rail transfer locus for Sénégalais valley trade; is a fishing community.

Names:
Saint-Louis (preferred,C,V)
St. Louis (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Africa (continent)  ....  Africa (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Senegal (nation)  ........  Senegal (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Saint-Louis (region (administrative division))  ............  Saint-Louis (region (administrative division)) (P)
Hierarchy of Saint-Louis (inhabited place)  ................  Saint-Louis (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  founded 1658
city (C)
regional capital (C)
port (C)
capital (H)  ............  of French West Africa, 1895-1902; of Sénégal until 1958

Sources and Contributors:
Saint-Louis..........  [VP Preferred]
.......................  Britannica Book of the Year (1993) 709
.......................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 808
.......................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) X, 327
.......................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
.......................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 1097
St. Louis..........  [VP]
....................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 354
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Britannica Book of the Year (1993) 709
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 808
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) X, 327
..................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 24 February 2015
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 354
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 1097
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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