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Shantou (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 23 22 05 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 23.3681 decimal degrees |
| Long: 116 42 53 E degrees minutes |
Long: 116.7148 decimal degrees |
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Note: Started as small fishing village in late 19th cen.; an important harbor; trades in tea, sugar, oranges & tobacco; became treaty port 1869; occupied by Japanese during World War II until 1945. |
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| Shantou (preferred,C,V,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones),U)
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| Shan-t'ou (C,V)
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| Swatow (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Shan-t'ou-shih (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Shantow (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| 汕头 (C,V,Chinese,U)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Shantou (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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| town (C) |
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| port (C) |
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| trade center (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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