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Hakodate


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Hakodate

Place Type
inhabited place
Description
Chief city of island of Hokkaidō for many years; replaced by Sapporo as capital; built on rocky peninsula; has excellent harbor; opened to foreign trade 1854.
Authority
Thesaurus of Geographic Names
Source
Times Atlas of the World. Reprint ed. (1994); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988);

Born

Maeda Masao (Japanese, 1904-1974)

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