Xianshuigu
Appearance
Xianshuigu | |||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 鹹水沽鎮 | ||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 咸水沽镇 | ||||||||
Literal meaning | Salty Creek Port Town | ||||||||
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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
38°58′43″N 117°23′19″E / 38.9785°N 117.3887°E