World Atlas of Place Names

Author: Editorial Group of "World Geographical Names Handbook"
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Publishing Date: 1999-10-01
Features: This handbook includes approximately 100,000 geographical names from countries and regions around the world, encompassing both cultural and natural geographical entities, as well as a small number of historical names, mostly important and commonly used ones. Each name entry includes coordinates. The entries are arranged in alphabetical order by Chinese characters and accompanied by a foreign language index, allowing users to easily find Romanized spellings from Chinese characters or vice versa, providing a "bidirectional retrieval, one book for two purposes" function. To accommodate readers unfamiliar with Pinyin and simplified characters, the handbook also includes a Pinyin syllable index for the first character of each name and a stroke index for the first character. Additionally, the handbook's data is up-to-date (as of August 1999), with a moderate length that makes it easy to browse, making it highly practical. This work is both arduous and meaningful. The publication of "World Geographical Names Handbook" will undoubtedly become a frequently referenced book for professionals in foreign affairs, academic research, cultural exchange, transportation and communication, business and tourism, book and journal editing, and mapmaking. It is also an essential reference tool for on their desks.