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ID: 1092264
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1092264
Record Type:
administrative
Shagamu (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 06 50 34 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 6.8432
decimal degrees
Long: 003 38 49 E
degrees minutes
Long: 3.6478
decimal degrees
Note:
Founded by Ijebu branch of Yoruba people; major market center of Ijebu Remo kingdom; declined as trade center in 1892, but revived after 1964; is Nigeria's main collection point for kola nuts; cotton weaving & dyeing are traditional crafts.
Names:
Shagamu
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Africa
(continent) (
P
)
........
Nigeria
(nation) (
P
)
............
Ogun
(state) (
P
)
................
Shagamu
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
founded mid-19th cen.
town (
C
)
market center (
C
)
trade center (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Shagamu..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985)
X, 686
.................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
180
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985)
X, 686
..................
NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-)
accessed 18 December 2014
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
180
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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