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Canton (province) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 23 30 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 23.5000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 113 15 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 113.2500 decimal degrees |
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Note: Most foreign contact with 18th-century China was focused in this area; went to war with Britain over importation of Indian opium in 1841, resulted in cession of Hong Kong and Treaty of Nanking 1842; saw unrest during revolution in 1911; was occupied by Japan in 1938. |
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| Guangdong (preferred,C,V,English)
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| Guangdong (Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones),U)
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| Guangdong (Chinese)
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| Kuang-tung (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Kwang Tung (C,V)
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| Kwangtung (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Canton (C,V,English,U,N)
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| Canton province (C,V,display,English,U,N)
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| Cantonese (C,O)
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| CH30 (C,V,FIPS,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Guangdong Sheng (C,V,O,Chinese-P)
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| Guangdong Sheng (Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones),U)
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| Kuang-tung Sheng (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Kwangtung Province (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Kwantung (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| 广东 (C,V,Chinese,U)
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| 广东省 (C,V,Chinese,U)
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| Guangdong Province (C,U,English)
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| Province de Guangdong (C,U,French)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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| province (preferred, C) |
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created under Mings, 1368 |
| first level subdivision (C) |
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