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Pengyang
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English
Etymology 1
Pengyang County
From en cmn 彭陽.
Pronunciation
pŭng′yäng′
en Peng yang
Proper noun
en county prefecture-level city/Guyuan ar/Ningxia c/China.
en 2004 Peter Ho The Wasteland Auction Policy in Northwest China: Solving Environmental Degradation and Rural Poverty? Rural Development in Transitional China: The New Agriculture https://archive.org/details/ruraldevelopment0000unse_g9m4/ 0-7146-5549-X 1462-219X 2003011126 493233680 9887791M 125 https://archive.org/details/ruraldevelopment0000unse_g9m4/page/125/ https://books.google.com/books?id=VQ18rrhjNZIC Pengyang county was administered by Guyuan before 1988. In contrast to Guyuan, Pengyang is relatively wealthy. Farmers earn a considerable income through tobacco cultivation, which can yield an annual gross income of Rmb 1,500-2,000 per mu. In 1996, the cultivated area of tobacco in Pengyang was 11,000 mu.⁷
en DECEMBER 4, 2007 China wants Bali talks to back technology fund Nick Macfie https://web.archive.org/web/20220721230737/https://www.reuters.com/article/environment-bali-china-dc-idUSPEK2535220071205 21 July 2022 w:Reuters Environment A woman boils water in a kettle using solar energy panels at a village of Pengyang county, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, December 4, 2007. China wants rich economies to back a fund to speed the spread of greenhouse gas-cutting technology in poor nations as it seeks to persuade delegates at global warming talks the focus of responsibility belongs on the West.
en 2009 Fuzzy Sets in Regional Development Analysis: A case study of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Western China Huhua Cao Ethnic Minorities and Regional Development in Asia https://books.google.com/books?id=Vyxkrx2w5bsC w:Amsterdam University Press 9789089640918 909878437 60 https://www.google.com/books/edition/Ethnic_Minorities_and_Regional_Developme/Vyxkrx2w5bsC?gbpv=1&pg=PA60 The southern counties were relatively less developed during 2002 to 2004. In 2002, there was only one county with a normal development level and there were two (Jixi and Jingyuan) that were at the 'undeveloped' level. This situation for the Southern Province worsened in 2003: four counties (Jixi, Jingyuan, Haiyuan and Pengyang) were at the 'undeveloped' level. In 2004, Pengyang County upgraded to 'underdeveloped'; however, the other three counties were still undeveloped.
en 2016 Lili Xun Intra-county Migration in Ningxia—A Case Study of Pengyang County and Xiji County Ecological Migration, Development and Transformation: A Study of Migration ... https://books.google.com/books?id=UM3WCQAAQBAJ 10.1007/978-3-662-47366-5 978-3-662-47365-8 2015940422 931922833 136 https://books.google.com/books?id=UM3WCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA136 Pengyang County is on the rim of the south of Ningxia's Hui Autonomous Region. It is on the east side of Liupan Mountain.
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Translations
county
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 彭陽
Mandarin: cmn 彭陽 Péngyáng
Japanese: ja
Polish: pl Pengyang m-in
Etymology 2
Proper noun
en Pyongyang.
en 1943 w:Fang Chao-ying Song Qing (Qing dynasty) SUNG Chʻing :zh:宋慶 宋慶 Arthur W. Hummel Sr. Arthur W. Hummel Eminent Chinese of the Ch'ing Period Eminent Chinese of the Chʻing Period (1644–1912) https://archive.org/details/eminentchineseof0000arth/ Washington, D.C. w:Government Printing Office 1970 174338734 687 https://archive.org/details/eminentchineseof0000arth/page/687/ 2 As the remnants retreated northward to Pengyang (zh 平壤 Pʻing-jang), war was declared and a Chinese contingent from Manchuria went southward to that place.
en 1944 Robert T. Oliver Robert T. Oliver Early History Korea: Forgotten Nation https://archive.org/details/koreaforgottenna0000robe/ Washington, D.C. w:Public Affairs Press 1355468 32 https://archive.org/details/koreaforgottenna0000robe/page/32/ The origins of Korea, like those of every other ancient state, are obscure. According to legend, a group of Koreans gathered under a tree in 2333 B.C. and elected as their king a man known as Dangun. He established his capital at Pengyang and named the country Chosen, “the Land of Morning Calm.”
en 1954 Albert J. Nevins Korea—The Hermit Kingdom The Meaning of Maryknoll https://archive.org/details/meaningofmarykno0000nevi/ New York McMullen Books, Inc. 54-10312 1100312210 83 https://archive.org/details/meaningofmarykno0000nevi/page/83/ The name assigned was the Prefecture Apostolic of Pengyang. Today the city is known as Pyongyang.
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