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ID: 7000497
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7000497
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Lagos (inhabited place)  Lagos (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 06 27 10 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 6.4531  decimal degrees
Long: 003 23 42 E  degrees minutes   Long: 3.3958  decimal degrees

Note: Portuguese established slave trade 1650s, which British attempted to suppress 1800s; came under British control 1861; joined Protectorate of South Nigeria 1906; industries include automobile & radio assembly, food processing, soap & textile manufacturing.

Names:
Lagos (preferred,C,V)
Eko (C,O)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Africa (continent)  ....  Africa (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Nigeria (nation)  ........  Nigeria (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Lagos (state)  ............  Lagos (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Lagos (inhabited place)  ................  Lagos (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  settled since mid-17th cen.
city (C)
port (C)
transportation center (C)
industrial center (C)
university center (C)
national capital (H)  ............  1960-1992

Sources and Contributors:
Eko..........  [VP]
...........  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Lagos..........  [VP Preferred]
..............  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) VII, 101
..............  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 108
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) VII, 101
..................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 17 December 2014
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 108
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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