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ID: 7001917
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7001917

 

Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Shantou (inhabited place)  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

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.

Names:
Shantou (preferred,C,V,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones),U)
Shan-t'ou (C,V)
Swatow (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
Shan-t'ou-shih (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
Shantow (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
汕头 (C,V,Chinese,U)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of China (nation)  ........  China (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Canton (province)  ............  Canton (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Shantou (inhabited place)  ................  Shantou (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)
town (C)
port (C)
trade center (C)
industrial center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
汕头..........  [VP]
...........  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Shantou..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 1170
Shan-t'ou..........  [VP]
....................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 355
Shan-t'ou-shih..........  [VP]
.............................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Shantow..........  [VP]
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Swatow..........  [VP]
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -1924816
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 355
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 1170
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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