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ID: 1092047
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1092047
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Ikorodu (inhabited place)  Ikorodu (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 06 36 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 6.6000  decimal degrees
Long: 003 32 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 3.5333  decimal degrees

Note: Traditional settlement of Awori people; important trade post of Remo Kingdom 19th cen.; location of battle between British & Egba 1865; collecting point for fish, poultry, cassava, corn, vegetables, palm oil & kernels; known for pottery manufacture.

Names:
Ikorodu (preferred,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 Lagos (state)  ............  Lagos (state) (P)
Hierarchy of Ikorodu (inhabited place)  ................  Ikorodu (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)
town (C)
trade center (C)  ............  established mid-19th cen.

Sources and Contributors:
Ikorodu..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) VI, 256
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 88
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1985) VI, 256
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 88
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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