Nkayi (Congo)

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Nkayi (Congo)
Other forms of name
Jacob (Congo)
Kaï (Congo)
Kaye (Congo)
Kayes (Congo)
Coordinates
13.28888889 13.28888889 -4.18055556 -4.18055556 (gooearth )
E0131734 E0131734 S0040956 S0040956 (geonames )
Associated country
Congo
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 126996210
Wikidata: Q2088506
Library of congress: no2001010015
OCoLC: oca05410170
Sources of Information
  • GEOnet, Aug. 11, 2015(Kayes, approved; ppl, Republic of the Congo; ADM1 Bouenza; variants Jacob, Kaï, Kaye, Nkayi)
  • GEOnet, Feb. 5, 2001(Nkayi PPL, 04°09ʹ56ʺS 013°17ʹ34ʺE)
  • GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(ppl; 04°09ʹ56ʺS 013°17ʹ34ʺE)
  • Wikipedia, Aug. 11, 2015(Nkayi, Republic of the Congo; a town and a commune, Bouenza Department; the country's 4th largest city since 1980; named Jacob in 1887, after French engineer who led the first mission to select the best route for the Congo-Ocean Railway; in 1975 its name was changed to the native one of Nkayi)
  • Informal settlement upgrading, 1999:t.p. (Nkayi) p. 277 (fourth largest city of the Congo)
  • GEOnet, Feb. 5, 2001(Nkayi PPL, 040̊9'56"S 0131̊7'34"E)