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Maqên
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English
Maqên County
Etymology
en
Proper noun
en county autonomous prefecture/Golog p/Qinghai c/China.
en 08/20/2024 Lobsang Gelek EXPLAINED: The impact of climate change on the Tibetan plateau Boer Deng w:Radio Free Asia https://web.archive.org/web/20240908022205/https://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/climate-change-tibet-china-explained-08192024140006.html https://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/climate-change-tibet-china-explained-08192024140006.html September 08, 2024 Chinese state-backed firms have been mining minerals such as copper, steel and gold around Amnye Machen since 1993. However, run-off from these operations have contaminated waters and heavily damaged nearby and downstream ecology. Locals in Maqin county (bo རྨ་ཆེན་རྫོང་།) in Amdo Golog have repeatedly petitioned the Chinese government to stop these activities. on
Translations
county
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 瑪沁
Mandarin: cmn 瑪沁
Japanese: ja