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ID: 7004478
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7004478
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Fukuoka (inhabited place)  Fukuoka (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 33 39 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 33.6500  decimal degrees
Long: 130 21 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 130.3500  decimal degrees

Note: Manufactures iron, steel & electrical equipment; industries include fishing & shipbuilding; site of Kyūshu University; one of three trade ports of Japan in ancient times; scene of great fighting during attempted invasions of Kublai Khan 1274-1281.

Names:
Fukuoka (preferred,C,V)
Hukuoka (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Japan (nation)  ........  Japan (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Fukuoka (prefecture)  ............  Fukuoka (prefecture) (P)
Hierarchy of Fukuoka (inhabited place)  ................  Fukuoka (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)
city (C)
regional capital (C)
port (C)
industrial center (C)
educational center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Fukuoka..........  [BHA, VP Preferred]
.................  Baedekers: Japan (1983)
.................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
.................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 69
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 421
Hukuoka..........  [VP]
.................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  Baedekers: Japan (1983)
..................  Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961)
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 69
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 421
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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