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ID: 1092319
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1092319
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Bissau (inhabited place)  Bissau (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 11 51 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 11.8500  decimal degrees
Long: 015 34 58 W  degrees minutes   Long: -15.5833  decimal degrees

Note: Originated as Portuguese fortified post & slave-trading center; located on channel offering excellent roadstead for largest vessels; port has undergone recent improvements including enlargement of harbor; has small university & research institute.

Names:
Bissau (preferred,C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Africa (continent)  ....  Africa (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Guinea-Bissau (nation)  ........  Guinea-Bissau (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Bissau (autonomous sector)  ............  Bissau (autonomous sector) (P)
Hierarchy of Bissau (inhabited place)  ................  Bissau (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  founded 1687
city (C)
national capital (C)  ............  since 1941
regional capital (C)  ............  capital, but region actually excludes Bissau city
port (C)
transportation center (C)
university center (C)

Related geographic places:
capital of ....  Guinea-Bissau .......... (nation)
..................  (World, Africa) [1000183]

Sources and Contributors:
Bissau..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Britannica Book of the Year (1993) 620
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) II, 243
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 29
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Britannica Book of the Year (1993) 620
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) II, 243
..................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 9 February 2015
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 29
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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