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ID: 7000537
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7000537
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Ibadan (inhabited place)  Ibadan (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 07 23 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 7.3833  decimal degrees
Long: 003 56 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 3.9333  decimal degrees

Note: Nation's second largest city; region was convulsed by inter-tribal wars 1829; modern city composed of Ife, Ijebu & Oyo kingdoms; British assumed control 1893; major trades are commerce, producing handicrafts, & manufacturing & service industries.

Names:
Ibadan (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 Oyo (state)  ............  Oyo (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Ibadan (inhabited place)  ................  Ibadan (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  founded early 19th cen.
city (C)
state capital (C)
agricultural center (C)
commercial center (C)
market center (C)
transportation center (C)
university center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Ibadan..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 8
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 848
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 8
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 848
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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