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Chongqing (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 29 33 46 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 29.5628 decimal degrees |
| Long: 106 33 10 E degrees minutes |
Long: 106.5528 decimal degrees |
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Note: Chongqing was declared an open port in 1890, and was the scene of a rebellion from 1896-1898. The city was the headquarters of the Chinese Nationalist Armies and the political capital of China from 1938. It was bombed severely by the Japanese after 1938, and it became the location of an American air base from 1944-1945. |
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| Chongqing (preferred,C,V,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones),U)
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| Ch'ung-ch'ing (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Chungking (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Chongqing Shi (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Ch'ung-ch'ing-shih (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Tchongking (C,V)
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| Tschungking (C,V)
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| Tchong-K'ing (C,V)
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| Pa-hsien (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Pa (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Pahsien (C,V)
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| Yuzhou (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Yü-chou (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| 重庆 (C,V,Chinese,U)
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| 重庆市 (C,V,Chinese,U)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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| city (C) |
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| trade center (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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| national capital (H) |
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1937-1945 |
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