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ID: 1074283
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1074283
Record Type:
administrative
Kowloon and New Kowloon (general region)
Coordinates:
Lat: 22 20 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 22.3333
decimal degrees
Long: 114 10 00 E
degrees minutes
Long: 114.1667
decimal degrees
Note:
Comprises mainland communities of Kowloon & New Kowloon, & Stonecutters Island.
Names:
Kowloon and New Kowloon
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Kowloon and New Kowloon area
(
C
,
V
)
Kowloon
(
C
,
U
)
九龍
(
C
,
U
,
Chinese
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Asia
(continent) (
P
)
........
Hong Kong
(semi-independent political entity) (
P
)
............
Kowloon and New Kowloon
(general region) (
P
)
Place Types:
general region (
preferred
,
C
)
first level subdivision (
H
)
area (
C
)
............
ceded to Britain by China in 1860
Sources and Contributors:
九龍..........
[
VP
]
...........
GeoNames online [n.d.]
11791598
Kowloon..........
[
VP
]
.................
GeoNames online [n.d.]
11791598
Kowloon and New Kowloon..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.........................................
Britannica Book of the Year (1994)
625
.........................................
Hong Kong Official Guide Map (1989)
Kowloon and New Kowloon area..........
[
VP
]
...............................................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
plate 23
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Britannica Book of the Year (1994)
625
..................
GeoNames online [n.d.]
11791598
..................
Hong Kong Official Guide Map (1989)
..................
Times Atlas of the World (1994)
plate 23
..................
Wikipedia (2000-)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kowloon
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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