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Place

Guangzhou

Also known as

Can-ton
Cantam
Cantam
Canton
Canton
Canton

Image illustrating Guangzhou — archival plate · Wikimedia Commons · Guangzhousee Wikimedia Commons

This entry is a stub. The Library is awakening — a longer account is being written.

Connected to

in countryPeople's Republic of China1949 CE
place of death ofAntonio Caballero de Santa María1602 CE
continentAsia
birthplace ofBi Pu1922 CE
birthplace ofCao Fei1978 CE
birthplace ofChang Shilei1981 CE
birthplace ofChe Runqiu1990 CE
containsChen Clan Academy1894 CE
birthplace ofChen Weiming1997 CE
birthplace ofChristy Hui1985 CE
birthplace ofChuang Chia-Fu1934 CE

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