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Changsha (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 28 12 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 28.2000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 112 58 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 112.9667 decimal degrees |
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Note: Formerly enclosed by wall with 12 gates; was famous as a literary center; opened to foreign missionaries in 1901; made treaty port 1904; captured by Japanese in WW II. |
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| Changsha (preferred,C,V,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones),U)
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| Ch'ang-sha (C,V)
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| Ch'ang-sha-hsien (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Ch'ang-sha-shih (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| 长沙 (C,V,Chinese,U)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Hunan (province) (P) |
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Changsha (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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founded about 202 BC |
| city (C) |
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| provincial capital (C) |
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| treaty port (C) |
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since 1904 |
| educational center (C) |
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| regional capital (C) |
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