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ID: 7018059
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7018059

 

Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Suzhou (inhabited place)  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

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.

Names:
Suzhou (preferred,C,V,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones),U)
Su-chou (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
Suchou (C,V)
Sutschou (C,V)
Suzhou Shi (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
Wu-hsien (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
苏州市 (C,V,Chinese,U)
苏州 (C,V,Chinese,U)
Soochow (H,V)
Wuhsien (H,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 Jiangsu (province)  ............  Jiangsu (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Suzhou (inhabited place)  ................  Suzhou (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  founded 525 BC
city (C)
industrial center (C)
treaty port (C)  ............  opened 1896
capital (H)  ............  of Wu Kingdom, 513-473 BC

Sources and Contributors:
苏州市..........  [VP]
...........  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
苏州..........  [VP]
...........  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Soochow..........  [VP]
.................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 356
Suchou..........  [VP]
.................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-168
Su-chou..........  [VP]
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Sutschou..........  [VP]
.................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-170
Suzhou..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 192
.................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 356
Suzhou Shi..........  [VP]
.......................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Wuhsien..........  [VP]
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 1160
Wu-hsien..........  [VP]
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) 79514
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-168; I-170
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 192
..................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 356
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 1160
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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