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Suzhou (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 31 18 15 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 31.3041 decimal degrees |
| Long: 120 35 43 E degrees minutes |
Long: 120.5954 decimal degrees |
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Note: One of oldest cities in China; noted for bridges, palaces, temples & the Great Pagoda; partly destroyed by Mings 14th cen.; restored 1662; destroyed in Taiping Rebellion 1853 but rebuilt; opened as treaty port 1896; seized by Japanese 1937. |
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| Suzhou (preferred,C,V,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones),U)
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| Su-chou (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Suchou (C,V)
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| Sutschou (C,V)
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| Suzhou Shi (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Wu-hsien (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| 苏州市 (C,V,Chinese,U)
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| 苏州 (C,V,Chinese,U)
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| Soochow (H,V)
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| Wuhsien (H,V)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Suzhou (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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founded 525 BC |
| city (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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| treaty port (C) |
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opened 1896 |
| capital (H) |
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of Wu Kingdom, 513-473 BC |
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