 |
|
|
|
|
|
Research Home
 Tools Thesaurus of Geographic Names Full Record Display
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
 |
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vernacular Display | English Display |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Click the  icon to view the hierarchy. |
|
|
Hangzhou (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 30 17 37 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 30.2937 decimal degrees |
| Long: 120 09 41 E degrees minutes |
Long: 120.1614 decimal degrees |
|
Note: Center of rice culture & silk manufacture; considered one of finest cities of China; devastated in Taiping Rebellion 1861; opened to foreign trade 1896; controlled by Japanese 1937-1945; fell to Communist forces 1949. |
Names: |
|
| Hangzhou (preferred,C,V,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones),U)
|
| Hangchow (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
|
| Hang-Tcheou (C,V)
|
| Hangtschou (C,V)
|
| Hang-chou (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
|
| Hanchow-fu (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
|
| Hang (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
|
| Hang-chou-shih (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
|
| Hang-hsien (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
|
| 杭州 (C,V,Chinese,U)
|
| Kinsai (H,O)
|
............ | as known to Marco Polo |
|
Hierarchical Position: |
|
|
.... |
Asia (continent) (P) |
|
................ |
Hangzhou (inhabited place) (P) |
|
Place Types: |
|
| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
............ |
founded 606 AD |
| city (C) |
|
| provincial capital (C) |
|
| industrial center (C) |
|
| trade center (C) |
|
| educational center (C) |
|
| national capital (H) |
............ |
during late Sung dynasty 1100s |
| regional capital (C) |
|
|
Related geographic places: |
|
| near/adjacent to .... |
Kuahuqiao site .......... (deserted settlement) |
| .............................. |
(World, Asia, China, Zhejiang) [8716208] |
|
Sources and Contributors: |
|
|
