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ID: 7001851
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7001851

 

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

Coordinates:
Lat: 22 19 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 22.3167  decimal degrees
Long: 114 11 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 114.1830  decimal degrees

Note: Located on western shore of Kowloon peninsula; important commercial town connected by rail with Canton; ceded to British in 1860.

Names:
Kowloon (preferred,C,V)
Kaolun (C,V)
Kaulung (C,V)
Kaulun (C,V)
Jiulong (C,V)
九龍 (C,V,Chinese,U)
意法半 (C,V,Chinese,U)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Hong Kong (semi-independent political entity)  ........  Hong Kong (semi-independent political entity) (P)
Hierarchy of Kowloon (inhabited place)  ............  Kowloon (inhabited place) (P)

Additional Parents:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Hong Kong (semi-independent political entity)  ........  Hong Kong (semi-independent political entity) (P)
Hierarchy of Kowloon City (district)  ............  Kowloon City (district) (P)
Hierarchy of Kowloon (inhabited place)  ................  Kowloon (inhabited place)
 
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Hong Kong (semi-independent political entity)  ........  Hong Kong (semi-independent political entity) (P)
Hierarchy of Kowloon and New Kowloon (general region)  ............  Kowloon and New Kowloon (general region) (P)
Hierarchy of Kowloon (inhabited place)  ................  Kowloon (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)
town (C)
commercial center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
九龍..........  [VP]
...........  GeoNames online [n.d.] accessed 9 December 2020
意法半..........  [VP]
...........  GeoNames online [n.d.] accessed 9 December 2020
Jiulong..........  [VP]
.................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-80
Kaolun..........  [VP]
.................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-83
Kaulun..........  [VP]
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 627
Kaulung..........  [VP]
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 627
Kowloon..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 104
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  GeoNames online [n.d.] accessed 9 December 2020
..................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-80; I-83
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 104
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 627
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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