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ID: 7004843
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7004843
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Hakodate (inhabited place)  Hakodate (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 41 46 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 41.7667  decimal degrees
Long: 140 44 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 140.7333  decimal degrees

Note: Chief city of island of Hokkaidō for many years; replaced by Sapporo as capital; built on rocky peninsula; has excellent harbor; opened to foreign trade 1854.

Names:
Hakodate (preferred,C,V,O,Japanese (transliterated)-P)
Hokodate (C,U,Japanese (transliterated))
Khakodate (C,U,Japanese (transliterated))

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

Additional Parents:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Japan (nation)  ........  Japan (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Hokkaidō (prefecture)  ............  Hokkaidō (prefecture) (P)
Hierarchy of Hokkaido (island)  ................  Hokkaido (island) (P)
Hierarchy of Hakodate (inhabited place)  ....................  Hakodate (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)
city (C)
port (C)
regional capital (H)

Sources and Contributors:
Hakodate..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -228222
.................  Times Atlas of the World. Reprint ed. (1994) 78
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 481
Hokodate..........  [VP]
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -228222
Khakodate..........  [VP]
....................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -228222
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -228222
..................  Times Atlas of the World. Reprint ed. (1994) 78
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 481
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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