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ID: 1092193
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1092193
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Nsukka (inhabited place)  Nsukka (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 06 51 21 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 6.8565  decimal degrees
Long: 007 23 06 E  degrees minutes   Long: 7.3860  decimal degrees

Note: Trades in yams, cassava, corn, taro, pigeon peas, palm oil & kernels for Ibo people; weaving is traditional craft; coal deposits are located nearby; site of University of Nigeria (nation's first independent university) & a teacher-training college.

Names:
Nsukka (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 Enugu (state)  ............  Enugu (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Nsukka (inhabited place)  ................  Nsukka (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)
town (C)
university center (C)
agricultural center (C)
trade center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Nsukka..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) VIII, 816
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 142
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) VIII, 816
..................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 16 December 2014
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 142
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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