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![Hierarchy of Chiba (inhabited place)](/global/images/global_hierarchy.gif) |
Chiba (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 35 38 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 35.6333 decimal degrees |
Long: 140 07 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 140.1167 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located on E shore of Tōkyō Bay; former capital of powerful daimyo family 12th-16th cen.; later reduced to poor fishing village by end of 16th cen.; now is a prosperous city. |
Names: |
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Chiba (preferred,C,V,O,Japanese (transliterated)-P)
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Tiba (C,V,Japanese (transliterated))
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Chibashi (C,U,Japanese (transliterated))
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Chiba-shi (C,U,Japanese (transliterated))
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チバシ (C,U,Japanese)
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チバ (C,U,Japanese)
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ちば (C,U,Japanese)
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千葉 (C,U,Japanese)
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千葉市 (C,U,Japanese-P)
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ちばし (C,U,Japanese)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Chiba (prefecture) (P) |
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Chiba (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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city (C) |
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regional capital (C) |
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industrial center (C) |
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commercial center (C) |
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fishing community (H) |
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at end of 16th cen. |
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