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ID: 7004468
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7004468
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Shimonoseki (inhabited place)  Shimonoseki (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 33 59 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 33.9833  decimal degrees
Long: 130 58 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 130.9667  decimal degrees

Note: Scene of battle at Danno-ura where Minamoto clan defeated Taira clan 1185; bombarded by British, Dutch, French & USA in retaliation against Choshu daimio 1864; prospered after Meji Restoration 1868; site of peace treaty between China & Japan 1895.

Names:
Shimonoseki (preferred,C,V)
Simonoseki (C,V)
Akamagaseki (H,V)
Bakan (H,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Nihon (nation)  ........  Nihon (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Yamaguchi (prefecture)  ............  Yamaguchi (prefecture) (P)
Hierarchy of Shimonoseki (inhabited place)  ................  Shimonoseki (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)
city (C)
port (C)
industrial center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Akamagaseki..........  [VP]
.......................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 335
Bakan..........  [VP]
..............  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 1109
Shimonoseki..........  [VP Preferred]
.......................  Times Atlas of the World. Reprint ed. (1994) 179
.......................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 1109
Simonoseki..........  [VP]
.......................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................  Times Atlas of the World. Reprint ed. (1994) 179
..................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 335
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 1109
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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