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ID: 1095962
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1095962
Record Type:
administrative
Lusaka (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 15 26 00 S
degrees minutes
Lat: -15.4333
decimal degrees
Long: 028 20 00 E
degrees minutes
Long: 28.3333
decimal degrees
Note:
Located on limestone plateau at altitude of 4200 feet; occupies strategic position at junction of major roads; was hub of civil disobedience movement that led to Zambia's independence; produces cement, textiles, shoes & processed food.
Names:
Lusaka
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Africa
(continent) (
P
)
........
Zambia
(nation) (
P
)
............
Lusaka
(province) (
P
)
................
Lusaka
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
was Stone Age site
city (
C
)
national capital (
C
)
provincial capital (
C
)
agricultural center (
C
)
transportation center (
C
)
capital (
H
)
............
of N Rhodesia, 1935
Related geographic places:
capital of ....
Zambia
.......... (nation)
..................
(World, Africa) [1000209]
Sources and Contributors:
Lusaka..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985)
VII, 569
.................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
117
.................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
1370
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985)
VII, 569
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
117
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
1370
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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