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ID: 1091925
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1091925

 

Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Calabar (inhabited place)  Calabar (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 04 56 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 4.9333  decimal degrees
Long: 008 22 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 8.3667  decimal degrees

Note: Settled by Efik branch of Ibibio people; a major slave trading depot; by mid-19th century, economy based on export of palm oil and kernels; wood carving is traditional art; first church school helped influence Egbo to pass law prohibiting human sacrifice.

Names:
Calabar (preferred,C,V)
Old Calabar (H,O)  ............ given by Portuguese in 15th century

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Africa (continent)  ....  Africa (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Nigeria (nation)  ........  Nigeria (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Cross River (state)  ............  Cross River (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Calabar (inhabited place)  ................  Calabar (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  settled early 17th cen.
town (C)
state capital (C)
port (C)
market center (C)
trade center (C)
transportation center (C)
university center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Calabar..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 37
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 848
Old Calabar..........  [VP]
.......................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) II, 729
.......................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 352
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) II, 729
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 37
..................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 352
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 848
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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