Kiao-chau, or KIAU-CHOW, a port on the south side of the peninsula of Shan-tung in China, leased by Germany in 1898. The harbour is silted with sand, but advantageously situated. In and around the town live 200,000 souls.
Kiao-chau
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 6: Humber to Malta, p. 423
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