|
Jinning Township
Jinning District () is one of seven districts of the prefecture-level city of Kunming, the capital of Yunnan Province, Southwest China. The formation of the district was approved on November 24, 2016, after the dissolution of the former ''Jinning County'' () by the State Council. It is located at the southern tip of Dian Lake and is well known within China as the birthplace of Zheng He Zheng He (also romanized Cheng Ho; 1371–1433/1435) was a Chinese eunuch, admiral and diplomat from the early Ming dynasty, who is often regarded as the greatest admiral in History of China, Chinese history. Born into a Muslims, Muslim famil .... Jinning District borders Chengjiang to the east, Hongta District and Jiangchuan District to the south, Anning, Yunnan, Eshan County and Yimen County to the west, and Xishan District and Chenggong District to the north. Nature The southwestern "panhandle" of Jinning District ( Xiyang Township, ) contains two caves (Yanzi and Shitou) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Districts Of The People's Republic Of China
The term ''district'', in the context of China, is used to refer to several unrelated political divisions in both ancient and modern China. In the modern context, district ( zh, s=区, labels=no), formally city-governed district, city-controlled district, or municipal district ( zh, s=市辖区, links=no, labels=no), are subdivisions of a municipality or a prefecture-level city. The rank of a district derives from the rank of its city. Districts of a municipality are prefecture-level; districts of a sub-provincial city are sub-prefecture-level; and districts of a prefecture-level city are county-level. The term was also formerly used to refer to obsolete county-controlled districts (also known as district public office). However, if the word ''district'' is encountered in the context of ancient Chinese history, then it is a translation for ''xian'', another type of administrative division in China. Before the 1980s, cities in China were administrative divisions cont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hongta District
Hongta District () is the main district of Yuxi, Yunnan Province, China. It borders Jiangchuan District to the east, Jinning District to the north, Eshan County to the southwest and Tonghai County to the southeast. Administrative divisions The county government of Yuxi City is seated in Hongta District. Hongta District has 9 subdistricts and 2 ethnic townships. ;9 subdistricts ;2 ethnic townships * Xiaoshiqiao Yi Ethnic Township () * Luohe Yi Ethnic Township () Ethnic groups The ''Yuxi City Almanac'' (1993:189) lists the following ethnic groups. *Yi **Naisupo (in the east) **Niesupo (in the west) **Lalu **Sani **Bula **Xiangtang **Ache *Bai (Sadu Sadu (; ) is a commune in Sibiu County, Transylvania, Romania, at the foothills of the Cindrel Mountains, 27 km south of the county capital Sibiu, in the Mărginimea Sibiului ethnographic area. It is composed of a single village, Sadu. In ...) *Hani: pop. 972 (1987), in Meichong village , Hongta District Tra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kunyang Subdistrict
Kunyang Subdistrict () is a subdistrict and the administrative center of Jinning District, Yunnan, China. It is situated southwest of Dianchi ( Dian Lake), with a resident population of 83,500 within its total area of 119.79 square kilometres. Until 2016, Kunyang was a town, and the county seat of Jinning County. Due to the increasing urbanization of the area, the county was renamed into a district, and its towns, including Kunyang, became subdistricts. Kunyang is the birthplace of Chinese explorer Zheng He Zheng He (also romanized Cheng Ho; 1371–1433/1435) was a Chinese eunuch, admiral and diplomat from the early Ming dynasty, who is often regarded as the greatest admiral in History of China, Chinese history. Born into a Muslims, Muslim famil ..., who is now commemorated by a series of memorials in Zheng He Park, on top of Kunyang's Moon Mountain (Yue Shan). Kunyang contains some of the largest phosphorus resources in Yunnan which in turn has the largest in China.http ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Li Xiu
Li Xiu (291–?), courtesy name Shuxian, was a Chinese military commander during the Jin dynasty (266–420). She is most known for leading the defence of Ning province (寧州; present-day Yunnan and Guizhou) against rebelling barbarian tribes for three years between 305 and 307. After her death, she became a popular deity among the people of Yunnan and was even honored by the emperors of the Sui dynasty, Sui and Tang dynasty, Tang dynasties. Life Family and background Li Xiu was born in Qi County (郪縣), Guanghan Commandery (廣漢郡; present-day Santai County, Sichuan) as the daughter of Li Yi (李毅) and sister of Li Zhao (李钊), both of whom were officials of the Western Jin dynasty. Her great-grandfather was Li Chao (李朝), celebrated as one of the "Three Dragons" of the Li clan, and she was married to Wang Zai (王载), who was also a Jin official. Defense of Ning province In 302, Li Yi, as Colonel of the Southern Nanman, Man, quelled a revolt in Yi Provinc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jin Dynasty (265–420)
Jin may refer to: States Jìn 晉 * Jin (Chinese state) (晉國), major state of the Zhou dynasty, existing from the 11th century BC to 376 BC * Jin dynasty (266–420) (晉朝), also known as Liang Jin and Sima Jin * Jin (Later Tang precursor) (晉國; 907–923), Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period * Later Jin (Five Dynasties) (後晉; 936–947), Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period Jīn 金 * Jin dynasty (1115–1234) (金朝), also known as the Jurchen Jin * Later Jin (1616–1636) (後金; 1616–1636), precursor of the Qing dynasty Others * Jin (Korean state) (辰國), precursor of the Jinhan Confederation * Balhae (698–713), originally known as Jin (震) Places * Jin Prefecture (Shanxi) (晉州), a former Chinese prefecture centered on present-day Linfen, Shanxi * Jin Prefecture (Shaanxi) (金州), a former Chinese efecture centered on present-day Ankang, Shaanxi * Jin Prefecture (Hunan) (锦州), a former Chinese prefecture centered on Luyang in present ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 1 (SARS-CoV-1), previously known as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV), is a strain of coronavirus that causes severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), the respiratory illness responsible for the 2002–2004 SARS outbreak. It is an enveloped, positive-sense, single-stranded RNA virus that infects the epithelial cells within the lungs. The virus enters the host cell by binding to angiotensin-converting enzyme 2. It infects humans, bats, and palm civets. The SARS-CoV-1 outbreak was largely brought under control by simple public health measures. Testing people with symptoms (fever and respiratory problems), isolating and quarantining suspected cases, and restricting travel all had an effect. SARS-CoV-1 was most transmissible when patients were sick, so its spread could be effectively suppressed by isolating patients with symptoms. On April 16, 2003, following the outbreak of SARS in Asia and secondary ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
EcoHealth Alliance
EcoHealth Alliance (EHA) is a US-based non-governmental organization with a stated mission of protecting people, animals, and the environment from emerging infectious diseases. The nonprofit organization focuses on research aimed at preventing pandemics and promoting conservation in hotspot regions worldwide. The EcoHealth Alliance focuses on diseases caused by deforestation and increased interaction between humans and wildlife. The organization has researched the emergence of diseases such as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), Nipah virus, Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS), Rift Valley fever, the Ebola virus, and COVID-19. The EcoHealth Alliance also advises the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), and the World Health Organization (WHO) on global wildlife trade, threats of disease, and the environmental damage posed by these. Following ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wuhan Institute Of Virology
The Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (WIV; zh, s=中国科学院武汉病毒研究所) is a research institute on virology under the Wuhan Branch of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Located in Jiangxia District, Wuhan, Hubei, it was founded in 1956 and opened mainland China's first biosafety level 4 (BSL-4) laboratory in 2018. The institute has collaborated with the Galveston National Laboratory in the United States, the Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie in France, and the National Microbiology Laboratory in Canada. The institute has been an active premier research center for the study of coronaviruses. History The WIV was founded in 1956 as the Wuhan Microbiology Laboratory under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). It was established by scientists Gao Shangyin, a graduate of Soochow University (Suzhou), and Chen Huagui. In 1961, it became the South China Institute of Microbiology, and in 1962 was renamed Wuhan Microbiology I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xiyang Yi Ethnic Township
Xiyang Yi Ethnic Township (Yi script:?, ) is an ethnic township in Jinning District, Yunnan. Demographics and Languages Among its 10,155 residents, 78% (7,921) are ethnic minorities in China, chiefly Yi people (Lolo) and Hani people, as of 2006. Nuosu language, being one of the Lolo-Burmese languages, is most spoken there. Geography Xiyang is away from the Jinning County seat, deep in the mountains, with 60.86% forest cover. Its highest point Leida Hill (雷打山) stands at tall, while its lowest point Xiaoshiban river (小石板河) is at . It has an average annual temperature of 16.8C, annual precipitation of 891.8mm and annual sunshine hours Sunshine duration or sunshine hours is a climatological indicator, measuring duration of sunshine in given period (usually, a day or a year) for a given location on Earth, typically expressed as an averaged value over several years. It is a gene ... of 2278.5. References Township-level divisions of Kunming Yi ethnic townshi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chenggong District
Chenggong District () is one of seven districts of the prefecture-level city of Kunming, the capital of Yunnan Province, Southwest China, situated on east bank of the Dian Lake. The name Chenggong is a transliteration of the word in Yi language for a basin where rice is grown. Geography Chenggong is located in the southeast of Kunming and borders Yiliang County, Kunming to the east, Chengjiang and Jinning District to the south, Xishan District to the west and Guandu District to the north. History It was first established in 1275. In 1961 it came under jurisdiction of Kunming city. In 2003 Chenggong was designated as a development zone of Kunming. The district was created from the dissolution of the former ''Chenggong County'' () by the State Council on May 20, 2011. Chenggong is the chief zone for Kunming, the downtown of which is almost a 20-minute drive away. It is the site of the new Kunming City Hall, and new campuses for Yunnan University and Yunnan Normal Univer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xishan District, Kunming
Xishan District () is one of seven districts of the prefecture-level city of Kunming, the capital of Yunnan Province, Southwest China. It borders Wuhua District, Guandu District and Chenggong District across Dianchi Lake to the east, Jinning District to the south, Anning, Yunnan and Lufeng, Yunnan to the west and Fumin County and Wuhua District to the north. Xishan District occupies the western bank of Dian Lake. It takes its name from the Western Mountains The Western Mountains or Western Hills ( ''Xi Shan'') are a scenic mountain area located 12 km to the west of Kunming, Yunnan, China. They are formed by the Huating, Taihua and Luohan mountain ranges rising above the eastern and northern banks of ... (''Xishan'') located within the district. Administrative divisions Majie, Jinbi, Yongchang, Qianwei, Fuhai, Zongshuying and Xiyuan Sub-district Offices, Biji Town, Haikou Town and Tuanjie Town Ethnic groups The ''Xishan District Ethnic Gazetter'' (2009:22) lists the fol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yimen County
Yimen County () is a county in the central part of Yunnan Province, China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city A prefecture-level city () or prefectural city is an administrative division of the China, People's Republic of China (PRC), ranking below a province of China, province and above a Counties of the People's Republic of China, county in China's ... of Yuxi. Yimen borders Anning, Yunnan and Jinning District to the east, Eshan County to the south, Shuangbai County to the west, and Lufeng, Yunnan and Anning to the north. Administrative divisions Yimen County has 2 subdistricts, 1 town, 2 townships and 3 ethnic townships. ;2 subdistricts * Longquan () * Liujie () ;1 town * Shizi () ;2 townships * Luzhi () * Xiaojie () ;3 ethnic townships * Pubei Yi () * Shijie Yi () * Tongchang Yi () Climate References External linksYimen County Official Website County-level divisions of Yuxi {{Yunnan-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
