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Kao-hsiung (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 22 36 59 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 22.6163 decimal degrees |
| Long: 120 18 48 E degrees minutes |
Long: 120.3133 decimal degrees |
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Note: Originally was a Chinese settlement; occupied by Dutch 1624-1660; became important manufacturing center under Japanese after 1895, & was important Japanese base for SE Asia & Pacific campaigns during WW II. |
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| Kao-hsiung (preferred,C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Kaohsiung (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Kao-hxiung (C,V)
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| Takao (C,O)
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| Takow (C,O)
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| Fengshan (NA,V,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones),U)
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| Feng-shan (NA,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Feng-shan-chieh (NA,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Fongshan (NA,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Kao-hsiung-hsien (NA,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| 鳳山 (NA,V,Chinese,U)
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| Gaoxiong (NA,V,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones),U)
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| Gaosyongshih (NA,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Gaoxiongshi (NA,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Kao-hsiung-shih (NA,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| 高雄 (NA,V,Chinese,U)
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| 高雄巿 (NA,V,Chinese,U)
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| Kaohiung (H,O)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Gaoxiong (special municipality) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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first settled by Chinese from Fukien 15th cen. |
| city (C) |
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| port (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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| regional capital (C) |
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