{
  "system" : "China Historical GIS, Harvard University and Fudan University",
  "license" : "CC BY-NC 4.0",
  "uri" : "https://chgis.hudci.org/tgaz/placename/hvd_23935",
  "sys_id" : "hvd_23935",
  "sys_id of alternate" : "",
  "spellings" : [
    {
      "written form" : "沙頭鎮",
      "script" : "traditional Chinese",
      "exonym language" : "",
      "attested by" : "",
      "note" : ""
    },
    {
      "written form" : "沙头镇",
      "script" : "simplified Chinese",
      "exonym language" : "",
      "attested by" : "",
      "note" : ""
    },
    {
      "written form" : "Shatouzhen",
      "transcribed in" : "Pinyin",
      "attested by" : "",
      "note" : ""
    }
  ],
  "feature_type" : {
    "name" : "村镇",
    "alternate name" : "村鎮",
    "transcription" : "cun zhen",
    "English" : "villages and small towns"
  },
  "temporal" : {
    "begin" : "1820",
    "begin rule" : "9",
    "end" : "1820",
    "end rule" : "9"
  },
  "spatial" : {
    "object_type" : "POINT",
    "xy_type" : "point",
    "latitude" : "31.57144",
    "longitude" : "121.06178",
    "source" : "FROM_AC",
    "present_location" : [
      {
        "country code" : "cn",
        "text" : "江苏太仓县北沙溪镇",
        "source" : "Fudan",
        "attestation" : ""
      }
    ]
  },
  "historical_context" : {
    "part of" : [
      {
        "begin year" : "1820",
        "end year" : "1820",
        "parent id" : "hvd_40427",
        "name" : "镇洋县",
        "transcribed" : "Zhenyang Xian"
      }
    ],
    "subordinate units" : [
    ],
    "preceded by" : [
    ]
  },
  "data source" : "CHGIS",
  "source note" : "<html><body>沙头镇（1820年）<br><br>嘉庆《清一统志》卷103《太仓州一·关隘》：“沙头镇在镇洋县东北三十六里。明时为州第一都会。”<br>民国《太仓州志》卷4《营建》：“沙头镇，一名沙溪。”<br>今江苏太仓县北沙溪镇。<br>樊树志《明清江南市镇探微》引明弘治《太仓州志》称沙头镇，正德明林世远修、王鏊纂：正德《姑苏志》：、嘉靖《南畿志》同。清《江南通志》卷26《关津》为太仓州属镇，此镇当形成于明弘治年间。</body></html>",
  "source uri" : ""
}