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Lüshun (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 38 48 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 38.8000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 121 16 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 121.2667 decimal degrees |
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Note: Harbor used in T'ang dynasty; visited by British 1860; made chief naval base by Chinese; taken by Japanese 1894 but returned to China; leased to Russia 1898; captured by Japanese 1905; made a Sino-Soviet naval base 1945; Soviet forces withdrew in 1955. |
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| Lüshun (preferred,C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Lüshun (C,V)
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| Port Arthur (C,O,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Lü-shun-k'ou (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Ryojun (C,O,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Lü-shun-k'ou-ch'ü (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Lü-shun-shih (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Por Arthur (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Port-Artur (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Riojun (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Rëdzyun (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Lüshun (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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| town (C) |
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| port (C) |
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since T'ang dynasty, 618-907 |
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