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Hefeng
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héfēng
English
Hefeng County
Alternative forms
en Hofeng Postal
en Ho-feng Wade-Giles
Etymology
From the en cmn-pinyin - romanization of the en cmn 鶴峰.
Pronunciation
hŭ′fŭng′Hofeng 791 3 Also written Haofeng.
en He feng
Proper noun
en county autonomous prefecture/Enshi p/Hubei c/China.
en November 9, 1929 Increasing Unrest in Hupeh North-China Herald https://archive.org/details/north-china-herald-1929.11.09/ Shanghai CLXXIII 3248 311405954 209 https://archive.org/details/north-china-herald-1929.11.09/page/209/ 4 The situation at Hofeng is so serious and the possibility of recuring help is so slight that the leading people are leaving while it is possible to get away. Hofeng lies to the Southwest of Ichang among the mountains and has been looted three times already. on
en 1977 November Wu Han-wen Ho Lung's Days with the Red Army w:China Reconstructs https://web.archive.org/web/20231015130411/https://michaelharrison.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/CR1977-11.pdf 15 October 2023 https://michaelharrison.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/CR1977-11.pdf Peking XXVI 11 7513641 13, 14 They captured Hofeng county in Hupeh and Sangchih county in Hunan and set up Soviet power. Then they built up revolutionary bases around Hsuan-en and Wufeng counties in Hupeh province.Revolutionary slogans put up in those days are still preserved today in the villages and towns of Hunghu, Hofeng and Hsuan-en counties. on
en FEBRUARY 7, 2007 Overloaded Chinese truck overturns, 14 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20230312204819/https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSPEK357457 12 March 2023 w:Reuters Latest Crisis All of the other 17 riding the pick-up truck to visit relatives were injured in Hefeng county in the central province of Hubei, Xinhua said.
en August 5, 2019 12 dead, 1 missing in flash flood at scenic China gorge w:AP News https://web.archive.org/web/20240509115024/https://apnews.com/general-news-0d89533bbdb4428ea4f0544ec4f61400 May 09, 2024 https://apnews.com/general-news-0d89533bbdb4428ea4f0544ec4f61400 BEIJING (AP) Tourists were trapped or washed away after heavy rain triggered the flood Sunday evening at Duobi Gorge in Hubei province, state broadcaster CCTV said. Sixty-one people have been rescued.Hefeng county authorities had issued a notice last month prohibiting vehicles and individuals from entering the undeveloped area where the gorge is located in the Pingshan scenic area.
Translations
county in central China
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 鶴峰
Mandarin: cmn 鶴峰 Hèfēng
Japanese: ja
References
Further reading
en 1998 Hefeng 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 1259 https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee02cohe/page/1259/ 3