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Chengdu (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 30 40 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 30.6667 decimal degrees |
| Long: 104 04 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 104.0667 decimal degrees |
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Note: One of oldest cities of China; an imperial capital for certain periods; has remains of early eras; has World War II American air base for B-29 bombers; the center of a very fertile region; located on good irrigation system. |
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| Chengdu (preferred,C,V,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones),U)
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| Ch'eng-tu (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Chengtu (C,V)
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| Ch'eng-tu-hsien (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Chengdu Shi (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Ch'eng-tu-shih (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| Tschengtu (C,V)
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| Hua-yang (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| 成都 (C,V,Chinese,U)
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Chengdu (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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| city (C) |
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| provincial capital (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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| educational center (C) |
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| regional capital (C) |
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Shu-Han .......... (former nation/state/empire) |
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(World, Asia, China) [8711838] |
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