Bissau (Guinea-Bissau)

URI(s)

• http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81070511

Instance Of

• MADS/RDF Geographic
• MADS/RDF Authority
• SKOS Concept

Scheme Membership(s)

• Library of Congress Name Authority File

Collection Membership(s)

• Names Collection - Authorized Headings
• LC Names Collection - General Collection

Variants

• Bissao (Guinea-Bissau)
• São José de Bissáu (Guinea-Bissau)
• Bissau, Guinea-Bissau

Additional Information

• http://id.loc.gov/rwo/agents/n81070511

• Descriptor

  Cities and towns

• Descriptor

  Capitals (Cities)

• Associated Locale

  Guinea-Bissau

Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

• http://viaf.org/viaf/sourceID/LC%7Cn++81070511#skos:Concept

Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

• Bissau Label from public data source Wikidata
• Guinea-Bissau--Bissau

Earlier Established Forms

• Bissau, Guinea-Bissau

Sources

• found: GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(unknown; 11°51ʹ00ʺN 015°35ʹ00ʺW)
• found: Wikipedia, August 28, 2015(Bissau; capital city of Guinea-Bissau; founded 1687 as a fortified port and trading center; in 1942 it became the capital of Portuguese Guinea; 11°51ʹN 15°34ʹW)
• found: GEOnet names server, August 28, 2015(Bissau; variants: Bissao; São José de Bissáu; capital of a political entity; Guinea-Bissau, first-order administrative division: Bissau; 11°51ʹ30ʺN, 015°35ʹ30ʺW (11.858333, -15.591667))

Change Notes

• 1981-08-31: new
• 2015-08-30: revised

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