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Place nameShanghai
Other namesShang-hai, Schanghai, Chang-hai
CountryZhonghua
Latitude31.1
Longitude121.367
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
Largest city in China; prospered after 1840; one of first five treaty ports; attacked by Japanese 1932; scene of severe fighting during Japanese-Chinese War 1937; controlled by Japanese 1941; restored to China 1945; taken by Communists 1949.
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