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ID: 1092190
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1092190
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Nguru (inhabited place)  Nguru (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 12 50 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 12.8333  decimal degrees
Long: 010 30 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 10.5000  decimal degrees

Note: Incorporated into Bornu kingdom 16th cen.; seat of Bornu governor of western provinces; occupied by forces of Muhammad Kisoki, Hausa King 1550s; site of major victory by Kebbi 1561; almost destroyed by Fulani 1808; trades in sorghum, millet, & peanuts.

Names:
Nguru (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 Yobe (state)  ............  Yobe (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Nguru (inhabited place)  ................  Nguru (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  settled by 16th cen.
town (C)
trade center (C)
transportation center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Nguru..........  [VP Preferred]
..............  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) VIII, 669
..............  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 139
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) VIII, 669
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 139
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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