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ID: 7004541
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7004541
Record Type:
administrative
Central (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 22 17 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 22.2833
decimal degrees
Long: 114 09 00 E
degrees minutes
Long: 114.1500
decimal degrees
Note:
Formerly regarded as the capital of the Crown Colony, since it is the seat of British administration; important seaport city, noted for its extensive wharves.
Names:
Central
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Hong Kong
(
C
,
V
)
Xianggang
(
C
,
V
)
Victoria
(
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Asia
(continent) (
P
)
........
Hong Kong
(semi-independent political entity) (
P
)
............
Central
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Additional Parents:
World
(facet)
....
Asia
(continent) (
P
)
........
Hong Kong
(semi-independent political entity) (
P
)
............
Hong Kong
(island) (
P
)
................
Central
(inhabited place)
World
(facet)
....
Asia
(continent) (
P
)
........
Hong Kong
(semi-independent political entity) (
P
)
............
Central and Western District
(district) (
P,
U
)
................
Central
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
city (
C
)
port (
C
)
capital (
H
)
............
formerly seat of British authority
Sources and Contributors:
Central..........
[
VP
]
.................
GeoNames online [n.d.]
accessed 24 May 2021
Hong Kong..........
[
BHA
,
VP
]
....................
Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
....................
Petit Robert II, Noms (1989)
....................
Thésaurus Noms de Lieux (1980)
....................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
Victoria..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.................
Britannica Book of the Year (1992)
616
.................
NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
.................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
1296
Xianggang..........
[
VP
]
....................
Rand McNally Atlas (1994)
I-184
Subject:
.....
[
BHA
,
VP
]
..................
Britannica Book of the Year (1992)
616
..................
Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
..................
NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................
Petit Robert II, Noms (1989)
..................
Rand McNally Atlas (1994)
I-184
..................
Thésaurus Noms de Lieux (1980)
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
1296
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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