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ID: 7000308
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7000308
Record Type:
administrative
Gwangju (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 35 07 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 35.1167
decimal degrees
Long: 126 52 00 E
degrees minutes
Long: 126.8667
decimal degrees
Note:
Town is currently regional capital of Kwangju-si special city & also maintains its status as provincial capital; economy based on rice & cotton production; site of 2 colleges.
Names:
Gwangju
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Kwangju
(
C
,
V
)
Kwangchu
(
C
,
V
)
Koshu
(
H
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Asia
(continent) (
P
)
........
South Korea
(nation) (
P
)
............
Gwangju
(special city) (
P
)
................
Gwangju
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
town (
C
)
regional capital (
C
)
provincial capital (
C
)
college center (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Gwangju..........
[
VP
]
.................
NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Koshu..........
[
VP
]
..............
Rand McNally Atlas (1991)
I-92
Kwangchu..........
[
VP
]
.................
Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990)
346
Kwangju..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.................
Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990)
346
.................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
107
.................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
636
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990)
346
..................
NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................
Rand McNally Atlas (1991)
I-92
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
107
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
636
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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