Nangan

nangan English Nangan, Lienchiang Alternative forms en Nankan Wade-Giles Etymology From en cmn 南竿. Pronunciation nän′gän′ en Nan gan Proper noun en rural township county/Lienchiang c/Taiwan primarily made up of Matsu (Nangan) Island. en 2005 Offshore Islands Birdwatching in Taiwan https://books.google.com/books?id=5tFFAAAAYAAJ Taipei Wild Bird Society of Taipei 9789579875196 70796775 334 https://archive.org/details/birdwatchinginta0000unse/page/334/ Cingtanwo zh 青檀沃, a remote village very close to the coast, is situated in the southeastern part of Nangan Township. en 2013 Meng-Kan Chen; Hsiu-Hsi Chen Increased cancer mortality in Taiwanese inter-island migrants Geospatial Health https://web.archive.org/web/20170808212003/http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/9206/1/Paper_2.pdf 08 August 2017 7 2 10.4081/gh.2013.84 1827-1987 980240028 252 2 The offshore islands of Matsu belong to Lienchiang county and cover a total area of 25,052 ha. They are composed of five large and several smaller islands, which are administratively divided into the four villages of Nangan, Beigan, Jyuguang and Dongyin. According to the national census of 1997 5,360 people live on the Matsu islands with more than 60% of the population living in Nangan. en 10/25/2020 Matsu worship ceremony https://web.archive.org/web/20220928144433/https://focustaiwan.tw/photos/20201025ENP0002m 28 September 2022 w:Focus Taiwan Photos of the Day People in flowing robes and dressed up as guards worship a statue of the goddess Matsu, known as the protector of fishermen, in a ceremony in Nangan Township in the Matsu Islands on Sunday celebrating the anniversary of Matsu's ascension to heaven. en 08/01/2022 No, this video does not show a Chinese military threat to Taiwan ahead of Pelosi’s visit https://web.archive.org/web/20220801184754/https://observers.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20220801-no-this-video-does-not-show-a-chinese-military-threat-to-taiwan-ahead-of-pelosi-s-visit 01 August 2022 w:France 24 The caption on the video posted nearly two years ago reads: “The military exercise (happens every year) recorded by the residents in Matsu, Taiwan. Netizens in Taiwan suggest it is the Nangan Township of the islands, and many comment that such an impressive force can surely scare people on the other side (China) to death.” en en Matsu (island) en 1962 DeWitt S. Copp The Mudcats The Odd Day https://archive.org/details/oddday00copp w:William Morrow and Company 62-15763 923610553 59–60 https://archive.org/details/oddday00copp/page/59/ One hundred and fifty miles north of Quemoy on Nankan Island, it wasn't the sound of Communist artillery fire that awoke Lieutenant Colonel Carl Kueffer, but the persistent jangling of his telephone.The one landing strip in the Matsus, and good for light aircraft only, was on the second largest island, Peikan. Between Nankan and Peikan lay the Matsu Straits, a twisted riptide-torn channel, boasting freak winds and bouldered shores. on en https://archive.org/details/sim_free-china-weekly_1973-11-04_14_43/ November 4, 1973 Matsu is strong, prosperous Free China Weekly XIV 43 Taipei 0016-0318 1786626 2 https://archive.org/details/sim_free-china-weekly_1973-11-04_14_43/page/n1/ There has been no attempt to mount an amphibious assault on Matsu, and with good reason. Nankan is almost straight up and down and nearly devoid of landing places. Embryo beaches are guarded by barbed wire and mines. Traffic in and out of Nankan is by landing boat and planking. on en 2021/06/08 Kelvin Chen Taiwan's Control Yuan investigates ecological impact of China's illegal sand dredging https://web.archive.org/web/20210608093104/https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4218607 08 June 2021 w:Taiwan News The Control Yuan on Tuesday afternoon stated via a press release that it had accepted a video petition from the Lienchiang County Government to investigate, CNA reported. County Secretary-General Chang Lung-te (zh 張龍德) said that in recent years, there have been hundreds of Chinese ships pumping sand in the area every day, and an increasing number of 4,000-ton ships have entered waters near Nangan, causing coastal erosion and ecological destruction to the seabed ecological system. en MARCH 24, 2022 Sarah Wu Ukraine war reverberates on Taiwan's 'frontline of democracy' Gerry Doyle https://web.archive.org/web/20220510165326/https://www.reuters.com/article/ukraine-crisis-taiwan-matsu-idCNL3N2VO3UJ 10 May 2022 w:Reuters 公司新闻(英文) On the main island of Nangan, former military brothels and underground bunkers house exhibits that opened last month as part of the inaugural Matsu Biennial art festival. en Translations rural township Chinese: Hokkien: nan-hbl Mandarin: cmn 南竿 Nángān Japanese: ja Polish: pl Nangan m-in Anagrams en aagnnn Gannan