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ID: 1000559
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1000559
Record Type:
administrative
Centre-Ouest (region (administrative division))
Coordinates:
Lat: 11 45 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 11.7500
decimal degrees
Long: 002 15 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -2.2500
decimal degrees
Note:
Northeastern area was formerly part of the Mossi kingdom of Wagadugu; the rest of the department was historically ruled by the Gonja empire, based in present-day N Ghana; produces sorghum, peanuts & yams.
Names:
Centre-Ouest
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Région du Centre-Ouest
(
C
,
V
)
Centre-Ouest region
(
C
,
O
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Africa
(continent) (
P
)
........
Burkina Faso
(nation) (
P
)
............
Centre-Ouest
(region (administrative division)) (
P
)
Place Types:
region (administrative division) (
preferred
,
C
)
first level subdivision (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Centre-Ouest..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.......................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985)
III, 31
.......................
Rand McNally Atlas (1989)
I-33
Centre-Ouest region..........
[
VP
]
...................................
Getty Vocabulary Program rules
Région du Centre-Ouest..........
[
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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