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![Hierarchy of Sendai (inhabited place)](/global/images/global_hierarchy.gif) |
Sendai (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 38 16 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 38.2667 decimal degrees |
Long: 140 52 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 140.8667 decimal degrees |
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Note: Local consumer goods industrial center; an important cultural center with several technical schools & a university; has ruins of 16th-cen. castle & memorial to Date Masamune, the founder of the daimiate controlling area for 270 years. |
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Sendai (preferred,C,V,O,Japanese (transliterated)-P)
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Sendai-shi (C,U,Japanese (transliterated))
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Sendaishi (C,U,Japanese (transliterated))
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仙台市 (C,U,Japanese-P)
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せんだいし (C,U,Japanese)
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センダイシ (C,U,Japanese)
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センダイ (C,U,Japanese)
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せんだい (C,U,Japanese)
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仙台 (C,U,Japanese)
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Hierarchical Position: |
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Asia (continent) (P) |
![Hierarchy of Miyagi (prefecture)](/global/images/global_hierarchy.gif) |
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Miyagi (prefecture) (P) |
![Hierarchy of Sendai (inhabited place)](/global/images/global_hierarchy.gif) |
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Sendai (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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founded early 16th cen. |
city (C) |
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regional capital (C) |
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industrial center (C) |
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educational center (C) |
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