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Changsha


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Alternate Name
Ch'ang-sha
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Changsha

Ch'ang-sha

Place Type
political
Description
Formerly enclosed by wall with 12 gates; was famous as a literary center; opened to foreign missionaries in 1901; made treaty port 1904; captured by Japanese in WW II.
Source
Thesaurus of Geographic Names (TGN)

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