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Taegu (Korea)

LC control no.n 80057019
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Geographic headingTaegu (Korea)
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Geographic subdivision usageKorea (South)--Taegu
Variant(s)Daegu (Korea)
Taikyū (Korea)
Taikū (Korea)
Taegu Chikhalsi (Korea)
Taegu Chikhwalsi (Korea)
Tae-Gu City (Korea)
Taegu Kwangyŏksi (Korea)
Taegu-si (Korea)
Taegu-gwangyŏksi (Korea)
Daegu City (Korea)
대구 (Korea)
Daikyū (Korea)
Taikandō (Korea)
Daegu-gwangyeoksi (Korea)
대구광역시 (Korea)
大邱 (Korea)
大邱廣域市 (Korea)
Jōhoku-men (Korea)
Jujō-men (Korea)
Sŏngbung-myŏn (Korea)
Susŏng-myŏn (Korea)
Taegu-bu (Korea)
Taegu-jikʼalsi (Korea)
Taegu-jikhalsi (Korea)
Taikyū-fu (Korea)
Talsŏ-myŏn (Korea)
Tatsusei-men (Korea)
Daegu Metropolitan City (Korea)
Tai-Kou (Korea)
대구시 (Korea)
Associated countryKorea (South)
Special noteOld catalog heading: Taegu, Korea
Non-Latin script references not evaluated.
Found inTaegu changgi chonghap kaebal ... 1981: t.p. (Taegu) colophon (Taegu Chikhalsi)
Sŏ, C.G. Ilsŏn minwŏn haengjŏng ... 1986: t.p. (Taegu Chilhalsi) p. 105 (Tae-Gu City)
Sinpʻyŏn Taegu Kwangyŏksi chŏndo, 1995.
GEOnet, July 31, 2003 (Taegu-gwangyŏksi; variant Taegu-si; ADM1, 35 48'N, 128 33'E)
GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (unknown; 35°52ʹ13ʺN 128°35ʹ28ʺE)
Keimyung University facts & figures, via Kyemyŏng Taehakkyo English language website, January 18, 2019 (Location: Daegu City, Republic of Korea)
   <http://www.kmu.ac.kr/english/page.jsp?mnu_uid=545&>
Britannica online, January 18, 2019 (Taegu, also spelled Daegu, metropolitan city, southeastern South Korea. Taegu is one of South Korea's largest urban areas and has the status of a metropolitan city under the direct control of the central government, with administrative status equal to that of a province)
GEOnet, January 18, 2019 (Daegu (approved); variants: 대구 = Taegu, Daikyū, Taegu, Taikandō, Taiku, Taikyū; seat of a first-order administrative division, South Korea, ADM1: Daegu, 35°52ʹ13ʺN, 128°35ʹ28ʺE (35.870278, 128.591111); also separate entry for: Daegu (approved); Daegu-gwangyeoksi [in roman] (approved); variants: 대구 = Taegu; 대구광역시 = Taegu Kwangyŏksi; 大邱 = Taegu; 大邱廣域市 = Taegu Kwangyŏksi; Jōhoku-men; Jujō-men; Sŏngbung-myŏn; Susŏng-myŏn; Taegu; Taegu-bu; Taegu-chikhalsi; Taegu-gwangyŏksi; Taegu-jikʼalsi; Taegu-jikhalsi; Taegu-si; Taikyū-fu; Talsŏ-myŏn; Tatsusei-men; first-order administrative division, South Korea, 35°48ʹ00ʺN, 128°33ʹ00ʺE (35.8, 128.55))
Getty thesaurus of geographic names online, January 18, 2019 (Daegu (special city). Administrative "metropolitan city," with status of a first level subdivision. Other names [in roman]: Daegu-gwangyeoksi, Taegu, Taegu-si, Taegu-gwangyŏksi, 대구 = Taegu, 대구광역시 = Taegu Kwangyŏksi; 35 48 00 N 128 33 00 E; 35.8000 128.5500)
Wikipedia, January 18, 2019 (Daegu (Korean: 대구 = Taegu, 大邱 = Taegu, literally 'large hill'); formerly spelled Taegu (this romanization of the city's name is in McCune-Reischauer. It was used prior to the official adoption of the Revised Romanization by the South Korean Government in 2000); officially known as the Daegu Metropolitan City; city in South Korea; in the 19th century, Daegu was also known in English sources as Tai-Kou; 대구시 = Taegu-si; 대구광역시 = Taegu Kwangyŏksi; 大邱廣域市 = Taegu Kwangyŏksi; 35°52ʹN 128°36ʹE)
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