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Xianshuigu

Coordinates: 38°58′43″N 117°23′19″E / 38.9785°N 117.3887°E / 38.9785; 117.3887
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Xianshuigu
Traditional Chinese鹹水沽鎮
Simplified Chinese咸水沽镇
Literal meaningSalty Creek Port Town
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXiánshuǐgū Zhèn
Wade–GilesHsien-shui-ku Chen

Xianshuigu, formerly known as Seen-shwuy Kow,[1] is a town in Tianjin's Jinnan District in the People's Republic of China.

History

Xianshuigu is recorded as having been a coastal town on the Bay of Bohai around AD 500 but was 18 miles (30 km) inland by the mid-19th century.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "China" in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. V, 1878.

38°58′43″N 117°23′19″E / 38.9785°N 117.3887°E / 38.9785; 117.3887

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