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   Hierarchy of Top of the TGN hierarchy (hierarchy root) Top of the TGN hierarchy (hierarchy root)
   Hierarchy of World (facet) .... World (facet)
   Hierarchy of Asia (continent) ........ Asia (continent)
   ............ China (nation)
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   ........................ Aksai Chin (general region)
   Hierarchy of Anhui (province) ........................ Anhui (province)
   ........................ Anle Shuiku (reservoir)
   ........................ Annam (historical region) [N]
   ........................ Ao-ts'ang (former administrative division)
   Hierarchy of area disputed by China and India (disputed territory) ........................ area disputed by China and India (disputed territory)
   Hierarchy of area disputed by India and China (disputed territory) ........................ area disputed by India and China (disputed territory) [N]
   ........................ Baolan Xian (railroad)
   ........................ Beijing Paiwuhe (canal)
   Hierarchy of Beijing Shi (municipality) ........................ Beijing Shi (municipality)
   ........................ Burma Road (road) [N]
   Hierarchy of Canton (province) ........................ Canton (province)
   ........................ Chahar (former administrative division)
   ........................ Changtan Shuiku (reservoir)
   ........................ Chao-ming (former administrative division)
   ........................ Ch'en (former nation/state/empire)
   ........................ Cheng (former nation/state/empire)
   ........................ Chengdu Dongwuyuan (zoo)
   ........................ Ch'eng-tu Fu (former administrative division)
   ........................ Ch'en-ts'ang (former administrative division)
   ........................ Ch'i (former nation/state/empire)
   ........................ Chia (former nation/state/empire)
   ........................ Ch'iang (historical region)
   ........................ Chiang-hsia (former administrative division)
   ........................ Chiang-hsi Nan (former administrative division)
   ........................ Chiang-nan Hsi-Tao (former administrative division)
   ........................ Chiang-nan Tung (former administrative division)
   ........................ Chiang-nan Tung-tao (former administrative division)
   ........................ Chiao (fief)
   ........................ Chiao-chih (commandery)
   ........................ Chiao-li (former administrative division)
   ........................ Chi-chou (former administrative division)
   ........................ Ch'ien-ch'eng (former administrative division)
   ........................ Chien-nan (former nation/state/empire)
   ........................ Chien-wei (commandery)
   ........................ Chietao (historical region)
   ........................ Ch'in (former nation/state/empire)
   ........................ Chin (former nation/state/empire)
   ........................ Chinese Eastern Railway (railroad)
   ........................ Ch'in-feng (former administrative division)
   ........................ Ching-chi (former administrative division)
   ........................ Ching-hsi Pei (former administrative division)
   ........................ Ching-hu Nan (former administrative division)
   ........................ Ching-kang Shan (base)
   ........................ Ching-nan (former nation/state/empire)
   ........................ Ching-tung Tung (former administrative division)
   Hierarchy of Chongqing (municipality) ........................ Chongqing (municipality)
   ........................ Chu (fief)
   ........................ Ch'u (fief)
   ........................ Ch'u (former nation/state/empire)
   ........................ Chün (fief)
   ........................ Ch'ü-sou (former administrative division)
   ........................ Daheqiao Shuiku (reservoir)
   ........................ Danjiangkou Shuiku (reservoir)
   ........................ Datong Shuiku (reservoir)
   ........................ Da Yunhe (canal)
   ........................ East China (region (geographic))
   ........................ Fengfu Xian (railroad)
   ........................ Fenshuiguan Suidao (tunnel)
   Hierarchy of Fujian (province) ........................ Fujian (province)
   ........................ Fujia Xian (railroad)
   ........................ Ganggou He (canal)
   Hierarchy of Gansu (province) ........................ Gansu (province)
   ........................ Great Wall of China (wall)
   Hierarchy of Guangxi (autonomous region) ........................ Guangxi (autonomous region)
   Hierarchy of Guizhou (province) ........................ Guizhou (province)
   ........................ Hailufeng (autonomous area)
   Hierarchy of Hainan (province) ........................ Hainan (province)
   Hierarchy of Hebei (province) ........................ Hebei (province)
   Hierarchy of Heilongjiang (province) ........................ Heilongjiang (province)
   Hierarchy of Henan (province) ........................ Henan (province)
   ........................ Hexi Corridor (general region)
   ........................ Hinggan (former administrative division)
   Hierarchy of Hong Kong (semi-independent political entity) ........................ Hong Kong (semi-independent political entity) [N]
   ........................ Ho-pei Tung (former administrative division)
   ........................ Ho-tung (former administrative division)
   ........................ Hpimaw Fort (fort)
   ........................ Hsia-hsiang (former administrative division)
   ........................ Hsia-p'i (former administrative division)
   ........................ Hsing (fief)
   ........................ Hsiu-t'u (commandery)
   ........................ Hsüan-fu (defense installation)
   ........................ Hsüan-t'-u (commandery)
   ........................ Huai-nan Hsi (former administrative division)
   ........................ Huai-nan Tung (former administrative division)
   ........................ Huanren Shuiku (reservoir)
   ........................ Hua-yin (former administrative division)
   Hierarchy of Hubei (province) ........................ Hubei (province)
   ........................ Huhang Xian (railroad)
   ........................ Hui-p'u (former administrative division)
   ........................ Hu-kuang (former administrative division)
   ........................ Hulukou Jinsha Jiang Daqiao (bridge)
   Hierarchy of Hunan (province) ........................ Hunan (province)
   ........................ Hung-nung (former administrative division)
   ........................ I-chou (commandery)
   Hierarchy of Inner Mongolia (autonomous region) ........................ Inner Mongolia (autonomous region)
   ........................ Jiangnan Yunhe (section of canal)
   Hierarchy of Jiangsu (province) ........................ Jiangsu (province)
   Hierarchy of Jiangxi (province) ........................ Jiangxi (province)
   ........................ Jiaopingdu Daqiao (bridge)
   ........................ Jih-le (former administrative division)
   Hierarchy of Jilin (province) ........................ Jilin (province)
   ........................ Jingyue Daqiao (bridge)
   ........................ Jinsha Jiang Daqiao (bridge)
   ........................ Jui (territory)
   ........................ Jun-chou (former administrative division)
   ........................ Jung-yang (former administrative division)
   ........................ Ju-yin (former administrative division)
   ........................ Kao-wang (former administrative division)
   ........................ Kuang-han (commandery)
   ........................ Kuang-nan Tung (former administrative division)
   ........................ Kuang-nei (former administrative division)
   ........................ Kuang-wu (former administrative division)
   ........................ K'uei (territory)
   ........................ Kuei-tzu (former administrative division)
   ........................ Ku-mu (former administrative division)
   ........................ Lede Xian (railroad)
   ........................ Liang (territory)
   ........................ Liang-che (former administrative division)
   ........................ Liang-chou (former administrative division)
   ........................ Liao-hsi (commandery)
   Hierarchy of Liaoning (province) ........................ Liaoning (province)
   ........................ Liao-tung (frontier)
   ........................ Ling (former administrative division)
   ........................ Ling-fang (former administrative division)
   ........................ Ling-nan (former administrative division)
   ........................ Liu (territory)
   ........................ Lo (territory)
   ........................ Longhai Xian (railroad)
   ........................ Longyangxia Shuiku (reservoir)
   Hierarchy of <lost & found/China> (miscellaneous) ........................ <lost & found/China> (miscellaneous)
   ........................ Lu (fief)
   ........................ Lü (territory)
   ........................ Lung-hsing-fu (former administrative division)
   ........................ Lung-yu (former administrative division)
   Hierarchy of Macau (semi-independent political entity) ........................ Macau (semi-independent political entity) [N]
   Hierarchy of Manchuria (general region) ........................ Manchuria (general region)
   ........................ Man Huk (inhabited place)
   ........................ Mao-ling (former administrative division)
   ........................ Mei-chi (former administrative division)
   ........................ Mi-ai-t'ing (former administrative division)
   ........................ Min (former nation/state/empire)
   ........................ Min-yüeh (commandery)
   ........................ Mutu Xian (railroad)
   ........................ Nan (commandery)
   ........................ Nan-cheng (former administrative division)
   ........................ Nan Chih-li (former administrative division)
   ........................ Nan-hsing-t'ang (former administrative division)
   ........................ Nan Yunhe (section of canal)
   ........................ Naodehai Shuiku (reservoir)
   ........................ Nen-hsi Hsien (railroad)
   Hierarchy of Ningxia (autonomous region) ........................ Ningxia (autonomous region)
   ........................ North China (region (geographic))
   ........................ P'an-ho (former administrative division)
   ........................ Panxi Xian (railroad)
   ........................ P'ei (former administrative division)
   ........................ Pei Chih-li (former administrative division)
   ........................ Pei-chou (former administrative division)
   ........................ Pei-ch'ü (former administrative division)
   ........................ Pei-yü (former administrative division)
   ........................ Pien-chou (former administrative division)
   ........................ Qian Shu (kingdom)
   ........................ Qingliangfeng Ziran Baohuqu (nature reserve)
   ........................ Qunying Shuiku (reservoir)
   ........................ Sanmenxia Shuiku (reservoir)
   ........................ Sedung (inhabited place)
   Hierarchy of Shaanxi (province) ........................ Shaanxi (province)
   ........................ Sha-chou (former nation/state/empire)
   Hierarchy of Shandong (province) ........................ Shandong (province)
   Hierarchy of Shanghai (municipality) ........................ Shanghai (municipality)
   ........................ Shanghaitang (canal)
   ........................ Shan-nan Hsi-tao (former administrative division)
   ........................ Shan-nan Tung-tao (former administrative division)
   Hierarchy of Shanxi (province) ........................ Shanxi (province)
   ........................ Shanxi Shuiku (reservoir)
   ........................ Shengli Shuiku (reservoir)
   ........................ Shenji Xian (railroad)
   ........................ Shilianghe Shuiku (reservoir)
   ........................ Shiwan Shuiku (reservoir)
   ........................ Shu (commandery)
   ........................ Shu-Han (former nation/state/empire)
   ........................ Shuo-fang (commandery)
   Hierarchy of Sichuan province (province) ........................ Sichuan province (province)
   ........................ Simatai Shuiku (reservoir)
   Hierarchy of Spratly Islands (disputed territory) ........................ Spratly Islands (disputed territory) [N]
   ........................ Sui (territory)
   ........................ Suiyuan (former administrative division)
   ........................ Sung-chou (former administrative division)
   Hierarchy of Taiwan (nation) ........................ Taiwan (nation) [N]
   ........................ Tan-erh (former administrative division)
   ........................ Tanshugang Shuiku (reservoir)
   ........................ Ten Kingdoms (former group of nations/states/cities)
   ........................ Three Gorges Project (reservoir)
   ........................ Tiangao Gonglu Daqiao (bridge)
   Hierarchy of Tianjin (municipality) ........................ Tianjin (municipality)
   Hierarchy of Tibet (autonomous region) ........................ Tibet (autonomous region)
   ........................ Toba Wei Empire (former nation/state/empire)
   ........................ Ts'ai (former administrative division)
   ........................ Tsang-k'o (commandery)
   ........................ Ts'an-Iuan (former administrative division)
   Hierarchy of Tsinghai Province (province) ........................ Tsinghai Province (province)
   ........................ T'ung (former administrative division)
   ........................ Tung-a (former administrative division)
   ........................ Tung-p'ing-ling (former administrative division)
   ........................ Tuyuhun (former nation/state/empire)
   ........................ Unbong-ho (reservoir)
   ........................ Wall of Genghis Khan (wall) [N]
   ........................ Wei (former nation/state/empire)
   ........................ Wei-chou (former administrative division)
   ........................ Wu (former nation/state/empire)
   ........................ Wu (former group of nations/states/cities)
   ........................ Wu-tz'u (former administrative division)
   ........................ Wu-yüeh (former nation/state/empire)
   ........................ Xiangyu Xian (railroad)
   Hierarchy of Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu (autonomous region) ........................ Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu (autonomous region)
   ........................ Xi Xia (former nation/state/empire)
   ........................ Yang-yüeh (former administrative division)
   ........................ Yantie Tang (canal)
   ........................ Yao-yang (former administrative division)
   ........................ Yeh-lang (former administrative division)
   ........................ Youyi Shuiku (reservoir)
   ........................ Yüeh-sui (commandery)
   ........................ Yü-fu (former administrative division)
   ........................ Yung (territory)
   ........................ Yung-chou (former administrative division)
   ........................ Yung-shih (former administrative division)
   Hierarchy of Yunnan (province) ........................ Yunnan (province)
   ........................ Yü-yang (prefecture)
   ........................ Zhegan Xian (railroad)
   Hierarchy of Zhejiang (province) ........................ Zhejiang (province)
   ........................ Ziyaxin He (drainage ditch)
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