Humen

E140348
settlement town

Humen is a town in Guangdong, China, historically significant as a strategic Pearl River Delta port and a key site in the events leading to the First Opium War.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Humen canonical 4

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf settlement ⓘ
town ⓘ
administrativeDivisionOf Dongguan ⓘ
surface form: Dongguan City
alsoKnownAs Bocca Tigris ⓘ
Bogue ⓘ
associatedWith Lin Zexu ⓘ
Qing dynasty coastal defenses ⓘ
borderedBy Guangzhou Nansha New Area ⓘ
surface form: Nansha District, Guangzhou
conflictInvolved Anglo-Chinese War ⓘ
surface form: First Opium War
country China ⓘ
economicActivity Manufacturing ⓘ
Port logistics ⓘ
Textile and garment industry ⓘ
eventLocation Battle of the Bogue ⓘ
Humen Opium Destruction ⓘ
surface form: Destruction of opium at Humen

Anglo-Chinese War ⓘ
surface form: First Opium War naval engagements
geographicalFeature Pearl River estuary ⓘ
surface form: Estuary narrows of Pearl River
governingBody Dongguan municipal government ⓘ
hasHeritageSite Humen Opium War Museum ⓘ
Lin Zexu Memorial Hall (Humen) ⓘ
hasStructure Humen Bridge ⓘ
Humen Forts ⓘ
Weiyuan Fort ⓘ
surface form: Shajiao Fort

Weiyuan Fort ⓘ
historicalPeriod Qing dynasty ⓘ
historicalSignificance Anglo-Chinese War ⓘ
surface form: First Opium War

Opium trade suppression ⓘ
knownFor Humen Bridge ⓘ
Humen Forts ⓘ
Humen Opium Destruction ⓘ
languageUsed Cantonese ⓘ
Mandarin Chinese ⓘ
locatedIn Guangdong Province ⓘ
surface form: Guangdong

Pearl River Delta ⓘ
locatedInPrefectureLevelCity Dongguan ⓘ
locatedInProvince Guangdong Province ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone China Standard Time ⓘ
locatedNear Zhuhai ⓘ
surface form: Lingdingyang

South China Sea ⓘ
locatedOn Pearl River ⓘ
partOf Dongguan ⓘ
region southern China ⓘ
surface form: Southern China
strategicRole Port of Guangzhou ⓘ
surface form: Gateway to Guangzhou

Pearl River estuary ⓘ
surface form: Pearl River estuary defense
timeZoneOffset UTC+8 ⓘ
transportRole Major Pearl River Delta port ⓘ
Regional transport hub ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Opium Wars → location → Humen ⓘ
subject surface form: destruction of opium at Humen
Treaty of the Bogue → locationSigned → Humen ⓘ
Lin Zexu → placeOfActivity → Humen ⓘ
Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Express Rail Link → passesThrough → Humen ⓘ