January 03, 2003

Here is where I live

Here is where I live now: Guangzhou

Guangzhou (inhabited place)
Lat: 23 08 N Long: 113 20 E (represented in degrees minutes direction)
Lat: 23.133 Long: 113.333 (represented in decimal degress and fractions of degrees)

Note - Has large floating population on
riverboats; first seaport of China opened to foreigners; its resistance
to English opium trade led to war with Britain 1839; one of first
treaty ports by Treaty of Nanking 1842; prosperity due to growth of
Hong Kong.


Hierarchical Position:

  Asia............................(continent)
 Zhonghua........................(nation)
  Guangdong.......................(province)

Names:
    Guangzhou (C,V)
Kuang-chou (C,V)
Kwangchou (C,V)
Kwangchow (C,V)
Canton (C,O)
Kanton (C,O)

Place Types:
    inhabited place (C)..................... settled since 3rd cen. BC
city (C)
provincial capital (C)
.................. since Ming dynasty, 1368
port (C)
commercial center (C)
educational center (C)
treaty port (H)

 
Posted by bruce at January 3, 2003 06:08 PM |
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