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Title: Populated Places (Digital Map Database of China)

Contributors:

Dates

  • Issued: 1998
  • Coverage: 1980

Publishers

  • National Bureau of Surveying and Mapping (NBSM)

Summary

This data set includes cities, towns, village and other populated places, displayed as points, throughout China. Locations are classified by population level and administrative categories.

Subjects

  • Location
  • Society
  • China
  • People's Republic of China
  • Cities
  • Towns
  • Place names
  • Villages
  • Population
  • Datasets

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (72.063087, 134.659714, 53.546097, 18.206655)
  • Geometry: BBOX (72.063087, 134.659714, 53.546097, 18.206655)

Provider

Harvard

Rights

  • Access rights: Restricted

Citation

National Bureau of Surveying and Mapping (NBSM), National Geomatics Centre of China, Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI). Populated Places (Digital Map Database of China). National Bureau of Surveying and Mapping (NBSM). Point data. https://hgl.harvard.edu/catalog/harvard-archrespt

Format

Shapefile