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ID: 1092114
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1092114
Record Type:
administrative
Kaura Namoda (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 12 35 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 12.5833
decimal degrees
Long: 006 35 00 E
degrees minutes
Long: 6.5833
decimal degrees
Note:
First inhabited by Kiyawa people; town prospered after arrival of railway from Zaria 1929; major collecting point for peanuts & cotton; trade center for millet, sorghum, cowpeas, rice, sugarcane & tobacco; goats are raised for meat & skins.
Names:
Kaura Namoda
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C
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V
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Hierarchical Position:
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Africa
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Nigeria
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Zamfara
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Kaura Namoda
(inhabited place) (
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)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
founded 1806
town (
C
)
transportation center (
C
)
trade center (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Kaura Namoda..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.......................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985)
VI, 768
.......................
NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Subject:
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[
VP
]
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Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985)
VI, 768
..................
NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Note:
English
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VP
]
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