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Pescadores (county) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 23 30 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 23.5000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 119 30 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 119.5000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Comprises 64 islands; all fresh water comes from wells, since there are no rivers in island group; traditionally settled by fishermen, who built more than 140 temples; occupied by Dutch, reverted to China, then dependency of Taiwan in 17th century. |
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| Penghu (preferred,C,V,English)
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| Penghu (Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones),U)
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| Penghu (Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Penghu (Chinese (transliterated Hanyu Pinyin))
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| Penghu Xian (C,V,O,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones),U)
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| Penghu Xian (Chinese (transliterated Hanyu Pinyin)-P)
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| Penghu County (C,O,English)
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| Penghu County (Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Penghu Sian (C,V,Chinese)
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| Penghu Sian (Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| P'eng-hu Hsien (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| P'eng-hu (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| P'eng-hu Ch'un-tao (C,V)
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| P'eng-hu Lieh-tao (C,V)
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| Pescadores (C,O,English-P,U,N)
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............ | named for its fishermen, by Portuguese in 16th cen. |
| P'eng-hu county (C,O,display)
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| TW17 (C,V,FIPS)
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| 澎湖縣 (C,V,Chinese-P,U)
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| 澎湖 (C,V,Chinese,U)
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| P’eng-hu (C,U,Chinese)
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| P’eng-hu Hsien (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Wade-Giles)-P)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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| county (preferred, C) |
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proclaimed in 1960 |
| first level subdivision (C) |
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| island group (C) |
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