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ID: 7001892
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7001892

 

Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Nanjing (inhabited place)  Nanjing (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 32 03 42 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 32.0617  decimal degrees
Long: 118 46 40 E  degrees minutes   Long: 118.7778  decimal degrees

Note: Built on site of important cities known by various names; capital of Ming empire 1368-1403; taken by British 1842; declared treaty port 1858; made capital by Kuomintang 1928-1937; became capital again 1946; occupied by Communists 1949.

Names:
Nanjing (preferred,C,V,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones),U)
Nanking (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
Nanching (C,V)
Nan-ching-shih (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
南京 (C,V,Chinese,U)
Jiankang (H,V)
Jian-kang (H,V)
Chian-ning (H,V)
Kiang-ning (H,V)
Nan-ching (H,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of China (nation)  ........  China (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Jiangsu (province)  ............  Jiangsu (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Nanjing (inhabited place)  ................  Nanjing (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  founded 1368
city (C)
provincial capital (C)  ............  since 1952
commercial center (C)
industrial center (C)
treaty port (C)  ............  since 1858
educational center (C)
regional capital (C)

Sources and Contributors:
南京..........  [VP]
...........  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
Chian-ning..........  [VP]
.......................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 810
Jiankang..........  [VP]
.................  AATA database (1995-)
Jian-kang..........  [VP]
....................  AATA database (1995-)
Kiang-ning..........  [VP]
.......................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 810
Nanching..........  [VP]
.................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-119
Nan-ching..........  [VP]
....................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
....................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Nan-ching-shih..........  [VP]
.............................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.............................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Nanjing..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 136
Nanking..........  [VP]
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 257
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -1919548
..................  NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
..................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-119
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 136
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 257; 810
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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