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Wuhan (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 30 35 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 30.5833 decimal degrees |
| Long: 114 16 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 114.2667 decimal degrees |
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Note: Oldest of Han cities; important town in ancient times; Chu kingdom capital 300 BCE; Wu kingdom capital 300 CE; major cultural center; starting point of revolution against Imperial regime 1911; occupied by Japanese 1938-1945; taken by Communists 1949. |
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| Wuhan (preferred,C,V,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones),U)
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| Wu-han (C,V)
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| Wu-ch'ang (C,V)
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| Wuchang (C,V)
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| Hankou (C,V)
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| Hankow (C,V)
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| Wuhan Shi (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Wu-han-shih (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| 武汉 (C,V,Chinese,U)
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| 武汉市 (C,V,Chinese,U)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Hubei (province) (P) |
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Wuhan (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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settled since 500 BCE |
| city (C) |
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| provincial capital (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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| educational center (C) |
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| capital (H) |
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of Hukwang province, 1206-1368 |
| Han (Chinese) (H) |
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| regional capital (C) |
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