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ID: 1091832
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1091832
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Ado-Ekiti (inhabited place)  Ado-Ekiti (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 07 40 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 7.6667  decimal degrees
Long: 005 16 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 5.2667  decimal degrees

Note: Founded by Ekiti people, a Yoruba subgroup; has long tradition of cotton weaving; taken by British in 1893; textile mill was constructed here in 1967; is collection point for tobacco, cocoa, palm oil & kernels, cotton, yams, corn, rice, fruits & okra.

Names:
Ado-Ekiti (preferred,C,V)
Ado (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 Ekiti (state)  ............  Ekiti (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Ado-Ekiti (inhabited place)  ................  Ado-Ekiti (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  founded in 15th cen. as capital of Yoruba state of Ekiti
town (C)
industrial center (C)
market center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Ado..........  [VP]
...........  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 7-8
Ado-Ekiti..........  [VP Preferred]
....................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) I, 104
....................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 7
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 7-8
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) I, 104
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 7
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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