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ID: 1091966
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1091966
Record Type:
administrative
Epe (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 06 37 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 6.6167
decimal degrees
Long: 003 59 00 E
degrees minutes
Long: 3.9833
decimal degrees
Note:
A traditional settlement of the Ijebu people; was the embarkation point for the military expedition sent by Sir Gilbert Carter in 1892; exports fish, cassava, corn, green rubber & firewood to Lagos; known for construction of motorized barges.
Names:
Epe
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Africa
(continent) (
P
)
........
Nigeria
(nation) (
P
)
............
Lagos
(state) (
P
)
................
Epe
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
town (
C
)
port (
C
)
............
established in mid-18th cen.
transportation center (
C
)
trade center (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Epe..........
[
VP Preferred
]
...........
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985)
IV, 515
...........
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
62
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985)
IV, 515
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
62
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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