Anping Oyster Shell Cement Kiln Museum
Anping () may refer to: China * Anping County, of Hengshui, Hebei * Anping, Cenxi, in Cenxi City, Guangxi * Anping, Anping County, in Anping County, Hebei * Anping, Xianghe County, in Xianghe County, Hebei * Anping, Zhecheng County, in Zhecheng County, Henan * Anping, Anren County, in Anren County, Hunan * Anping, Lianyuan, in Lianyuan City, Hunan * Anping, Chenxi (安坪镇), a town of Chenxi County, Hunan * Anhai, formerly named Anping, in Jinjiang, Fujian * Anping Bridge, near Anai, Jinjiang, Fujian Taiwan * Anping, Tainan, a district in Tainan *Fort Zeelandia (Taiwan), or Fort Anping (安平古堡), the oldest colonial fortress in Taiwan *Pingzhen District, district in Taoyuan City, formerly the town of Anping See also *Ping'an (other) Ping'an ( zh, c=, l=peace, tranquility) may refer to: Places * Ping'an Avenue (), major through route in Beijing, China * Ping'an County (), in Qinghai Province, China *Ping'an Township (), name of several towns in China ** Ping'an ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Anren County
Anren County () is a county in Hunan Province, China. It is under the administration of Chenzhou prefecture-level City. Located on the southeast of the province, it is the northernmost county-level division of Chenzhou City. The county is bordered to the north by Hengdong and You Counties, to the east by Chaling and Yanling Counties, to the south and southwest by Yongxing County, and to the west by Leiyang City and Hengnan County. Anren County covers an area of , and as of 2015, it had a registered population of 465,500 and a resident population of 390,500.about the population of Anren County in 2015, according to the Statistical Communiqué of Anren County on the 2015 National Economic and Social Development - ()ahmhxc.como The county has five towns and eight townships under its jurisdiction, and the county seat A county seat is an administrative center, seat of government, or capital city of a county or parish (administrative division), civil parish. The term is in u ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Fort Zeelandia (Taiwan)
Fort Zeelandia () was a fortress built over ten years from 1624 to 1634 by the Dutch East India Company (VOC), in the town of Anping (now Anping District of Tainan) on Formosa, the former name of central island of Taiwan, during their Taiwan under Dutch rule, 38-year rule over the western part of the island. The site had been renamed several times as Fort Orange (奧倫治城; ), Fort Anping (安平城; ), and Taiwan City (臺灣城; ); the current name of the site in Chinese is . During the seventeenth century, when Europeans from many countries sailed to Asia to develop trade, Formosa became one of East Asia's most important transit sites, and Fort Zeelandia an international business center. As trade at the time depended on "military force to control the markets", the value of Formosa to the Dutch was mainly in its strategic position. "From Formosa the Spanish commerce between Manila and China, and the Portuguese commerce between Macau and Japan could by constant attacks be mad ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Anping, Tainan
Anping District is a district of Tainan, Taiwan. In March 2012, it was named one of the ''Top 10 Small Tourist Towns'' by the Tourism Bureau of Taiwan. It is home to 64,408 people according to the 2020 census. Name The older place name of Tayouan derives from the ethnonym of a nearby Taiwanese aboriginal tribe, and was written by the Dutch and Portuguese variously as ''Taiouwang'', ''Tayowan'', etc. In his translations of Dutch records, missionary William Campbell used the variant ''Tayouan'' and wrote that ''Taoan'' and ''Taiwan'' also occur. As Dutch spelling varied greatly at the time (see: History of Dutch orthography), other variants may be seen. The name was also transliterated into Chinese characters variously as , , , , and . After the Dutch were ousted by Koxinga, Han immigrants renamed the area "Anping" after the Anping Bridge in Quanzhou, Fujian Fujian is a provinces of China, province in East China, southeastern China. Fujian is bordered by Zheji ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Anping Bridge
Anping Bridge () is a Song dynasty stone beam bridge in Fujian province. It is long. Fu et al (2002), p. 185 Mao (1978), p. 6 The bridge is also known as the Wuli Bridge (, literally ''Five Li Bridge'') because its length is about 5 '' li'', where a ''li'' is about 500 meters or 0.3 miles. Ministry of Culture of the People's Republic of China (2003) It is a nationally protected historic site registered with the National Cultural Heritage Administration. The bridge lies in the prefecture-level city of Quanzhou, crossing what originally was a tidal estuary of the Shijing River that separates the town of Anhai (in the county-level city of Jinjiang) east of the river, from the town of Shuitou (in the county-level city of Nan'an) west of the river. The bridge is named after Anhai, which was formerly known as Anping. Anping Bridge consists of 331 spans of granite beams resting on top of stone piers, the largest beam weighing 25 tons. The width of the bridge varies from . It ori ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Anhai
Anhai is a town in southern Fujian province or Minnan, People's Republic of China. It is located in the far southern suburbs of the Quanzhou metropolitan area and is separated by Weitou Bay () from Kinmen, which is controlled by the Republic of China on Taiwan. Administratively, Anhai is part of Jinjiang County-level City, which in its turn is subordinated to Quanzhou. The highest point in the town's administrative area is Mount Língyuán () at . History Anhai was known as Anping () during the Song dynasty. The famous Song-era Anping Bridge crosses a tidal estuary to the west of town, connecting Anhai with its western neighbor, the town of Shuitou, which administratively belongs in Nan'an. Shuixin Chan Temple is located by the eastern end of the bridge. Anhai was an important port during the Ming and early Qing periods. The 19th-century researchers writing for the Hakluyt Society thought Anhai was the port of "Tansuso" visited by Martín de Rada, but later research ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Chenxi County
Chenxi County () is a county in Hunan Province, China. It is under the administration of Huaihua prefecture-level City. Located on the north of the province, it is adjacent to the north of the city proper of Huaihua. The county is bordered to the north by Yuanling County, to the east by Xupu County, to the south by Zhongfang County and Hecheng District, to the west by Mayang and Luxi Counties. Chenxi County covers an area of . As of 2015, it had a registered population of 530,000 and a resident population of 461,400.about the population of Chenxi County in 2015, according to the Statistical Communiqué of Chenxi County on the 2015 National Economic and Social Development - (2015年辰溪县国民经济和社会发展统计公报)hhtj.gov.cn ochenxi.gov.cn The county has nine towns and 14 townships under its jurisdiction, and the county seat is Chenyang ().the divisions of Chenxi County in 2015, according to the result on adjustment of township-level administrative divisions ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Anping, Lianyuan
Anping Town () is an urban town and subdivision of Lianyuan, Hunan Province, People's Republic of China. Administrative division The town is divided into 53 villages and 1 community A community is a social unit (a group of people) with a shared socially-significant characteristic, such as place, set of norms, culture, religion, values, customs, or identity. Communities may share a sense of place situated in a given g ..., the following areas: * Xiangzhong Community * Hengyan Village * Daqiu Village * Tangwanli Village * Tongshu Village * Datangbian Village * Yanxi Village * Guichang Village * Yuanxin Village * Tianxin Village * Jingkeng Village * Liushi Village * Jiangjiang Village * Shuanglong Village * Liangshui Village * Daoshi Village * Yankeng Village * Dashiling Village * Tongjia Village * Changxi Village * Hengtang Village * Zhanglong Village * Meijia Village * Shuiping Village * Shuangtang Village * Shideng Village * Shiniu Village * Xinhe Village * Guanyin V ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Zhecheng County
Zhecheng County () is a county under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Shangqiu, in the east of Henan province, People's Republic of China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ..., with a population of about 1 million. Administrative divisions , this county is divided to 7 towns and 14 townships. ;Towns ;Townships Climate References County-level divisions of Henan Shangqiu National Civilized City {{Henan-geo-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |