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Canton (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 23 07 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 23.1167 decimal degrees |
| Long: 113 15 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 113.2500 decimal degrees |
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Note: Has large floating population on riverboats; first seaport of China opened to foreigners; its resistance to English opium trade led to war with Britain 1839; one of first treaty ports by Treaty of Nanking 1842; prosperity due to growth of Hong Kong. |
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| Guangzhou (preferred,C,V,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones),U)
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| Kuang-chou (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Kwangchou (C,V)
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| Kwangchow (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Canton (C,O,English-P,U,N)
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| Canton (Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Kanton (C,O)
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| Fan-yü (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Guangzhou Shi (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Kouang-chou (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Kuang-chou-shih (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Kwang-chowfu (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| P'an-yü (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Puyün (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Shengcheng (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| 广州 (C,V,Chinese,U)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Canton (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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settled since 3rd cen. BC |
| city (C) |
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| provincial capital (C) |
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since Ming dynasty, 1368 |
| port (C) |
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| commercial center (C) |
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| educational center (C) |
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| treaty port (H) |
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| regional capital (C) |
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