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Nanjing (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 32 03 42 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 32.0617 decimal degrees |
| Long: 118 46 40 E degrees minutes |
Long: 118.7778 decimal degrees |
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Note: Built on site of important cities known by various names; capital of Ming empire 1368-1403; taken by British 1842; declared treaty port 1858; made capital by Kuomintang 1928-1937; became capital again 1946; occupied by Communists 1949. |
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| Nanjing (preferred,C,V,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones),U)
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| Nanking (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Nanching (C,V)
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| Nan-ching-shih (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| 南京 (C,V,Chinese,U)
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| Jiankang (H,V)
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| Jian-kang (H,V)
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| Chian-ning (H,V)
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| Kiang-ning (H,V)
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| Nan-ching (H,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Nanjing (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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founded 1368 |
| city (C) |
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| provincial capital (C) |
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since 1952 |
| commercial center (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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| treaty port (C) |
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since 1858 |
| educational center (C) |
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| regional capital (C) |
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