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Chiba (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 35 38 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 35.6333 decimal degrees |
| Long: 140 07 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 140.1167 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located on E shore of Tōkyō Bay; former capital of powerful daimyo family 12th-16th cen.; later reduced to poor fishing village by end of 16th cen.; now is a prosperous city. |
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| Chiba (preferred,C,V,O,Japanese (transliterated)-P)
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| Tiba (C,V,Japanese (transliterated))
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| Chibashi (C,U,Japanese (transliterated))
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| Chiba-shi (C,U,Japanese (transliterated))
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| チバシ (C,U,Japanese)
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| チバ (C,U,Japanese)
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| ちば (C,U,Japanese)
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| 千葉 (C,U,Japanese)
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| 千葉市 (C,U,Japanese-P)
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| ちばし (C,U,Japanese)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Chiba (prefecture) (P) |
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Chiba (inhabited place) (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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| regional capital (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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| commercial center (C) |
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| fishing community (H) |
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at end of 16th cen. |
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