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AFRICA CITIES POPULATION DATABASE (ACPD)

Entry ID: GNVd0030_104

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Summary

Abstract: The African Cities Population Database (ACPD) has been produced by the Birkbeck College of the University of London in 1990 at the request of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in Nairobi, Kenya. The database contains head counts for 479 cities in Africa which either have a population of over 20,000 or are capitals of their nation state. Listed are the geographical location of the ...

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 40.0

S: -35.0

E: 55.0

W: 16.0

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > AFRICA

Science Keywords

HUMAN DIMENSIONS > SOCIAL BEHAVIOR

HUMAN DIMENSIONS > POPULATION

ISO Topic Category

SOCIETY

Access Constraints Public

Ancillary Keywords

CITIES

HUMAN POPULATION

Human Settlements > Socio-economic Aspects > Human Population

Originating Center

UNEP/EAD/GRID - Geneva

Data Center

Global Resource Information Database - Geneva, Division of Early Warning and Assessment, United Nations Environment Programme

Data Center URL: http://www.grid.unep.ch/

Data Center Personnel
Name: HY DAO Phone: 41-22-917-82-25 Fax: 41-22-917-80-29 Email: Hy.Dao at unep.org Contact Address: Head of Metadata & Socio-Economics Unit City: Geneva Postal Code: 1219 Country: SWITZERLAND