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ID: 1000556
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1000556
Record Type:
administrative
Centre (region (administrative division))
Coordinates:
Lat: 12 19 58 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 12.3333
decimal degrees
Long: 001 30 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -1.5000
decimal degrees
Note:
Area between the Volta Rouge & Volta Blanche rivers; was home of Mossi kingdom of Wagadugu; today produces grains, oilseeds, beans, cotton & fruits; Po National Park on the Volta Rouge is an important wildlife reserve.
Names:
Centre
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Région du Centre
(
C
,
V
)
Centre region
(
C
,
O
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Africa
(continent) (
P
)
........
Burkina Faso
(nation) (
P
)
............
Centre
(region (administrative division)) (
P
)
Place Types:
region (administrative division) (
preferred
,
C
)
first level subdivision (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Centre..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985)
III, 31
.................
NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
accessed 26 September 2014
.................
Rand McNally Atlas (1989)
I-33
Centre region..........
[
VP
]
..........................
Getty Vocabulary Program rules
Région du Centre..........
[
VP
]
.............................
NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
accessed 26 September 2014
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985)
III, 31
..................
Getty Vocabulary Program rules
..................
NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
accessed 26 September 2014
..................
Rand McNally Atlas (1989)
I-33
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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