Kwang-chou

E268174

city port city provincial capital

Kwang-chou is an alternative romanization of Guangzhou, the major port city and economic hub in southern China historically known in the West as Canton.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Kuang-chou	1
Kwang-chou canonical	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city ⓘ port city ⓘ provincial capital ⓘ
alternativeNameOf	Guangzhou ⓘ
belongsTo	China ⓘ surface form: People's Republic of China
capitalOf	Guangdong Province ⓘ
climate	humid subtropical climate ⓘ
country	China ⓘ
dialectRegion	Yue Chinese ⓘ
governingBody	Guangzhou Municipal People’s Government ⓘ
hasInternationalAirport	Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport ⓘ
hasMajorRailHub	Guangzhou South Railway Station ⓘ surface form: Guangzhou South railway station Guangzhou Railway Station ⓘ surface form: Guangzhou railway station
hasMetroSystem	Guangzhou Metro ⓘ
hasUrbanStatus	megacity ⓘ
historicalNameInTheWest	Canton ⓘ
historicalRomanization	Canton ⓘ Zhongshan ⓘ surface form: Kwangchow
hostsEvent	Canton Fair ⓘ
isCulturalCenterOf	Lingnan ⓘ surface form: Lingnan region
isEconomicHub	true ⓘ
isImportantTradeCenterSince	ancient times ⓘ
isMajorManufacturingCenter	true ⓘ
isMajorPortCity	true ⓘ
isNationalCentralCity	true ⓘ
isOneOfLargestCitiesIn	China ⓘ
isRegionalFinancialCenter	true ⓘ
isSubProvincialCity	true ⓘ
isTransportationHub	true ⓘ
languageMajority	Cantonese ⓘ Mandarin Chinese ⓘ
locatedIn	Guangdong Province ⓘ China ⓘ surface form: mainland China southern China ⓘ
locatedOn	Pearl River ⓘ
locatedOnCoastOf	South China Sea ⓘ
partOf	Pearl River Delta ⓘ surface form: Greater Bay Area Pearl River Delta ⓘ
region	southern China ⓘ surface form: South China
riverPort	true ⓘ
romanizationOf	Guangzhou ⓘ
seaAccessVia	Pearl River estuary ⓘ surface form: Pearl River Estuary
standardRomanization	Guangzhou ⓘ
timeZone	China Standard Time ⓘ
usesCurrency	Chinese yuan ⓘ surface form: Renminbi
utcOffset	+8 ⓘ
wasKeyPortIn	Indian Ocean trade network ⓘ surface form: Maritime Silk Road
writingSystem	Chinese characters ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Canton → hasAlternativeName → Kwang-chou ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kuang-chou