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ID: 1092247
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1092247
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Owerri (inhabited place)  Owerri (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 05 29 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 5.4833  decimal degrees
Long: 007 02 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 7.0333  decimal degrees

Note: Located in one of most densely populated areas of Nigeria; is chief trade center for yams, cassava, taro, corn & palm products; seat of New Federal University of Imo & College of Education; known for handicrafts; inhabited mostly by Christian Ibos.

Names:
Owerri (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 Imo (state)  ............  Imo (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Owerri (inhabited place)  ................  Owerri (inhabited place) (P)

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

Sources and Contributors:
Owerri..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) IX, 25
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 147
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 848
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) IX, 25
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 147
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 848
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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