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ID: 7001799
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7001799
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Guilin (inhabited place)  Guilin (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 25 21 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 25.3500  decimal degrees
Long: 110 11 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 110.1833  decimal degrees

Note: Located at strategic point on W bank of Kuei Chiang (river), that was linked to Hsiang Chiang in Hunan by ancient Ling Canal; traditionally was founded as administrative center by 1st emperor of Ch'in dynasty (221 BC); prospered as trade center.

Names:
Guilin (preferred,C,V)
Kuei-lin (C,V)
Kweilin (C,V)
Lin-Kuei (C,V)
Lin'Gui (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of China (nation)  ........  China (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Guangxi (autonomous region)  ............  Guangxi (autonomous region) (P)
Hierarchy of Guilin (inhabited place)  ................  Guilin (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  founded in 3rd cen. BC
city (C)
trade center (C)
industrial center (C)
religious center (C)  ............  was major Buddhist center from 7th cen. AD
university center (C)
tourist center (C)  ............  fantastical mountains of karst formations have long drawn visitors & have been memorialized in Chinese painting & poetry
provincial capital (H)  ............  during Ming dynasty 1368-1644

Sources and Contributors:
Guilin..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 78
Kuei-lin..........  [VP]
.................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Kweilin..........  [VP]
.................  Rand McNally Atlas (1986) I-124
Lin'Gui..........  [VP]
.................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VII, 25
Lin-Kuei..........  [VP]
.................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VII, 25
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................  Rand McNally Atlas (1986) I-124
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 78
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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