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)