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ID: 8711612
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/8711612
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of British East Africa (former territory/colony/dependent state)  British East Africa (former territory/colony/dependent state)

Coordinates:
Lat: 01 00 00 S  degrees minutes   Lat: -1.0000  decimal degrees
Long: 037 00 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 37.0000  decimal degrees

Note: Territory that was under British control, comprising the present-day nations of Kenya, Uganda, and Tanganyika (Tanzania), and the island of Zanzibar.

Names:
British East Africa (preferred,C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Africa (continent)  ....  Africa (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of British East Africa (former territory/colony/dependent state)  ........  British East Africa (former territory/colony/dependent state) (P)

Place Types:
former territory/colony/dependent state (preferred, C)

Related geographic places:
historical connection ....  Kenya .......... (nation)
........................................  (World, Africa) [1000169]
historical connection ....  Tanzania .......... (nation)
........................................  (World, Africa) [1000203]
historical connection ....  Uganda .......... (nation)
........................................  (World, Africa) [1000206]

Sources and Contributors:
British East Africa..........  [VP]
...................................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2015-) accessed 6 April 2017
...................................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 346
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2015-) accessed 6 April 2017
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2015-) accessed 6 April 2017

 

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