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Ningqiang
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English
Ningqiang County
Alternative forms
en Ning-ch'iang Wade-Giles
Etymology
From the en cmn-pinyin - romanization of the en cmn 寧強.
Pronunciation
en /ˌnɪŋˈt͡ʃjɑŋ/, nĭng′chyäng′Ningkiang or Ning-ch’iang 1326 3
en Ning qiang
Proper noun
en county prefecture-level city/Hanzhong province/Shaanxi c/China.
en 1967 Chêng Tê-k’un Outline of the Study: Geographical and Historical Background Archaeological Studies in Szechwan https://archive.org/details/archaeologicalst0000chen/ w:Cambridge University Press 475491258 9 https://archive.org/details/archaeologicalst0000chen/page/9/ The troops of the ambitious Ch’in widened the old road which ran through the mountainous region, leading from the modern city of Ning-ch’iang zh 甯羌 in Shensi, into the Red Basin, by way of the modern cities of Kuang-yüan zh 廣元, Chao-hua zh 昭化 and Chien-ko zh 劍閣 in Szechwan. on
en 5 February 1976 2 February 1976 Advance Courageously in the Face of Strong Currents--On the People Who Conquered the Han River Daily Report: People's Republic of China I 25 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924113136042&seq=161 w:Foreign Broadcast Information Service Peking NCNA Domestic Service zh 0892-0141 1113433 People's Republic of China: National Affairs E 3 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924113136042&seq=179 Originating in Ningchiang County, Shensi Province, the Han River flows eastward through the Chinling and Pashan mountains and empties into the Yangtze River in Wuhan. Its total length is more than 3,000 li. on
en 1986 Mu En-zhi; A. J. Boucot; Chen Xu; Rong Jia-yu Correlation of the Silurian Rocks of China https://archive.org/details/correlationofsil0000unse/ w:Geological Society of America 0-8137-2202-0 85-24729 925231147 15 https://archive.org/details/correlationofsil0000unse/page/15/ 2 The poorly fossiliferous lower redbeds of the Yangtze Platform Silurian sequence, the Rongxi Formation, have long presented a serious correlation problem. However, with the discovery in Ningqiang County, Shaanxi, that the laterally- equivalent Wangjiawan Formation contains a useful graptolitic and shelly fauna, this problem has been satisfactorily resolved.
en JULY 25, 2008 Wong Edward Edward Wong China: 3 Quakes Rattle Western Region, Killing One w:The New York Times https://web.archive.org/web/20180625091808/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/25/world/asia/25briefs-3QUAKESRATTL_BRF.html 25 June 2018 https://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/25/world/asia/25briefs-3QUAKESRATTL_BRF.html 0362-4331 1645522 Asia Pacific The latest fatality occurred in Ningqiang County, in Shaanxi Province, where a 5.6-magnitude quake struck at 3:54 a.m. The two other quakes followed, with the last being the strongest, at a magnitude of 6.0, at the juncture of Ningqiang County and Qingchuan County, in Sichuan Province.
en 2017/05/12 Shaanxi “Happiness Industry” as a New Way to Enrich the People and Develop the Province https://web.archive.org/web/20220908130803/http://en.shaanxi.gov.cn/news/pn/201705/t20170512_1596093_wap.html 08 September 2022 The Government Website of Shaanxi Province The development in tourism industry also promoted regional economic transformation and development. Located in Qinling-Bashan Mountains, Ningshaan County in Ankang has 28 tourism projects under construction at present with total investment of RMB 38 billion yuan. “In the past decade, the proportion of tourism revenue to GDP in Ningqiang County has increased from less than 3% to more than 20% and tourism industry has become a pillar industry.” said Lv Xuanqiang, Director of Tourism Administration of NingShaan County.
Translations
county
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 寧強
Japanese: ja
References
Further reading
Ningqiang, Ning-ch'iang, Ning-chiang, Ningchiang
en 1998 Ningqiang Saul B. Cohen The Columbia Gazetteer of the World https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee02cohe/ 2 New York Columbia University Press 0-231-11040-5 98-071262 164337564 2190 https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee02cohe/page/2190/ 1