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ID: 1092035
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1092035
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Ijebu-Ode (inhabited place)  Ijebu-Ode (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 06 47 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 6.7833  decimal degrees
Long: 003 58 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 3.9667  decimal degrees

Note: Came under British protection after Yoruba civil wars in 1892; a major collecting station for kola nuts, cocoa, palm oil & kernels; industry includes printing & publishing; artisans known for handiwork in iron; town is Ijebu leader by tradition.

Names:
Ijebu-Ode (preferred,C,V)
Ijebu Ode (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 Ogun (state)  ............  Ogun (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Ijebu-Ode (inhabited place)  ................  Ijebu-Ode (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  founded 16th cen.
town (C)
trade center (C)
college center (C)
capital (H)  ............  of Ijebu Kingdom, 1500-1900

Sources and Contributors:
Ijebu Ode..........  [VP Preferred]
....................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) VI, 253
....................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 88
Ijebu-Ode..........  [VP]
....................  NGA, GEOnet Names Server (2008-) accessed 18 December 2014
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) VI, 253
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 88
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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