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Nantong · Alexandria

Place

Nantong

Also known as

City of Nantong
Lâm-thong-chhī
Nam Thông
Nan-tchung
Nan-tung
Nangtong Shi

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

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in countryPeople's Republic of China1949 CE
birthplace ofFan Zeng1938 CE
birthplace ofGe Jun1964 CE
birthplace ofHuang Xu1979 CE
birthplace ofLi Shenglin1946 CE
birthplace ofLin Li1970 CE
containsNantong University1912 CE
birthplace ofShen Weiwei1980 CE
birthplace ofWu Jianqiu1962 CE
birthplace ofZhang Xin1992 CE
birthplace ofZhao Tingting1982 CE

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