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![Hierarchy of Ma-kung (inhabited place)](/global/images/global_hierarchy.gif) |
Ma-kung (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 23 34 12 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 23.5700 decimal degrees |
Long: 119 34 12 E degrees minutes |
Long: 119.5700 decimal degrees |
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Note: Main town of the Pescadores island group; developed by Japan as a naval base before World War II; transferred to China in 1946; now administratively part of Taiwan. |
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Ma-kung (preferred,C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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Makung (C,V)
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P'enghu (C,V)
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P'eng-hu (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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P'eng-hu-hsien (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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Magong (NA,V,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones),U)
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馬公 (NA,V,Chinese,U)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Ma-kung (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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town (C) |
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regional capital (C) |
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