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Tokyo (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 35 45 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 35.7500 decimal degrees |
| Long: 139 30 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 139.5000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Castle given to Tokugawa clan 1590; capital of Tokugawa Shogunate 1603; one of largest cities in world 18th cen.; destroyed by earthquake and fire 1923; rebuilt 1930; largely destroyed during World War II; reconstructed & modernized since 1945. |
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| Tōkyō (preferred,C,V,O,Japanese (transliterated)-P)
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............ | after replacing Kyōto as Imperial capital, 1868 |
| Tokyo (C,V,English-P,U,N)
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| טוקיו (C,U,Hebrew )
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| とうきょう (C,U,Japanese)
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| 東京 (C,U,Japanese-P)
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| トウキョウ (C,U,Japanese)
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| Edo (H,V,Japanese (transliterated))
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............ | during Tokugawa Shogunate begining 1603 |
| Tokio (H,O,English,U,N)
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............ | obsolete spelling |
| Tokio (Japanese (transliterated))
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| Yeddo (H,V)
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| Yedo (H,V)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Tōkyō (prefecture) (P) |
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Tokyo (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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founded 1456 |
| city (C) |
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| national capital (C) |
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| regional capital (C) |
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| administrative center (C) |
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| financial center (C) |
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| commercial center (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
............ |
since late 19th cen. |
| educational center (C) |
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| tourist center (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| capital of .... |
Japan .......... (nation) |
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(World, Asia) [1000120] |
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