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ID: 7004543
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7004543
Record Type:
physical
Hong Kong (island)
Coordinates:
Lat: 22 15 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 22.2500
decimal degrees
Long: 114 10 00 E
degrees minutes
Long: 114.1667
decimal degrees
Note:
Neolithic occupation; haven for opium smugglers in 19th cen.; occupied by Britain during the first Opium War, formalized with Treaty of Nanking in 1842.
Names:
Hong Kong
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Hong Kong Island
(
C
,
V
,
display
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Asia
(continent) (
P
)
........
Hong Kong
(semi-independent political entity) (
P
)
............
Hong Kong
(island) (
P
)
Additional Parents:
World
(facet)
....
Asia
(continent) (
P
)
........
Hong Kong
(semi-independent political entity) (
P
)
............
Hong Kong Island
(general region) (
P
)
................
Hong Kong
(island) (
P
)
Place Types:
island (
preferred
,
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Hong Kong..........
[
VP Preferred
]
....................
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
I, 396
....................
NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1998-2000)
Hong Kong Island..........
[
VP
]
.............................
Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990)
271
.............................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
512
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990)
271
..................
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
I, 396
..................
NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1998-2000)
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
512
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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