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Fuzhou (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 26 03 41 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 26.0614 decimal degrees |
| Long: 119 18 22 E degrees minutes |
Long: 119.3061 decimal degrees |
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Note: Fuzhou was a chief port for the export of black tea; first appeared in history during T'ang dynasty; one of first five treaty ports opened to trade by Treaty of Nanking 1842; captured and recaptured several times by Japanese and Chinese, from 1944-1945. |
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| Fuzhou (preferred,C,V,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones),U)
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| Foochow (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Fuchau (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Fu-chou (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Fuzhau (C,V)
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| Fu-chou-shih (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Lin-sen (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Lin-sen-hsien (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Min-hou (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Min-hou-hsien (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Min-hou-hsien-ch'eng (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Minhow-hsien (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Min Hsien (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| 福州 (C,V,Chinese,U)
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| Minhow (H,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Fuzhou (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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founded in 7th cen. |
| city (C) |
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| provincial capital (C) |
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| port (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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| trade center (C) |
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| capital (H) |
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during Sung dynasty, 960-1279 |
| regional capital (C) |
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