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ID: 1090366
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1090366
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Korhogo (inhabited place)  Korhogo (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 09 27 29 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 9.4580  decimal degrees
Long: 005 37 47 W  degrees minutes   Long: -5.6290  decimal degrees

Note: Founded by Nangui, a Senufo patriarch from Kong; trade center for corn, manioc, millet & yams for Senufo farmers of the savanna; major center for livestock; has cotton, sisal & rice factories; French Catholic missionaries founded church & school in 1800s.

Names:
Korhogo (preferred,C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Africa (continent)  ....  Africa (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Côte d'Ivoire (nation)  ........  Côte d'Ivoire (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Savanes (national district)  ............  Savanes (national district) (P)
Hierarchy of Korhogo (inhabited place)  ................  Korhogo (inhabited place) (P)

Additional Parents:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Africa (continent)  ....  Africa (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Côte d'Ivoire (nation)  ........  Côte d'Ivoire (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Savanes (national district)  ............  Savanes (national district) (P)
Hierarchy of Korhogo, Département de (department)  ................  Korhogo, Département de (department) (P)
Hierarchy of Korhogo (inhabited place)  ....................  Korhogo (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  founded 14th cen.
town (C)
administrative center (C)  ............  of Korhogo department, since 1969
trade center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Korhogo..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) VI, 964
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 104
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) VI, 964
..................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 12 February 2015
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 104
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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