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Zigong (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 29 20 30 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 29.3416 decimal degrees |
| Long: 104 46 37 E degrees minutes |
Long: 104.7769 decimal degrees |
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Note: Has long been dependent on salt industry; deep drilling for brine has been a practice since 9th cen.; today is a center for oil & natural gas; has large & varied chemical industry. |
Names: |
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| Zigong (preferred,C,V,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones),U)
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| Tzukung (C,V)
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| Tzu-kung (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Tzekung (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Tzeliutsing (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Tzeliuching (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Tzu-kung-shih (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Tzu-liu-ching (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Tzuliutsing (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| 自贡 (C,V,Chinese,U)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Zigong (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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settled since 7th cen. |
| city (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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