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ID: 1094042
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1094042
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Windhoek (inhabited place)  Windhoek (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 22 34 00 S  degrees minutes   Lat: -22.5667  decimal degrees
Long: 017 06 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 17.1000  decimal degrees

Note: Located in area famous for hot springs; taken by Germans in 1890; occupied by South African forces 1915; processing of cattle & sheep is important industry; town traditionally enforced strict Apartheid with separate community facilites for non-whites.

Names:
Windhoek (preferred,C,V)  ............ since 19th cen.
Aigams (H,V)  ............ used prior to 19th cen., meaning "hot water"
Windhuk (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Africa (continent)  ....  Africa (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Namibia (nation)  ........  Namibia (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Khomas (region (administrative division))  ............  Khomas (region (administrative division)) (P)
Hierarchy of Windhoek (inhabited place)  ................  Windhoek (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  area was settled by Hottentots & Herero; site was claimed for German government in 1890
city (C)
district capital (C)
commercial center (C)
transportation center (C)

Related geographic places:
capital of ....  Namibia .......... (nation)
..................  (World, Africa) [1000198]

Sources and Contributors:
Aigams..........  [VP]
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) XII, 698
Windhoek..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) XII, 698
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 212
Windhuk..........  [VP]
.................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2004-2008) accessed 2 February 2005
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) XII, 698
..................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2004-2008) accessed 2 February 2005
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 212
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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