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Xingning Dialect
Xingning () may refer to: *Xingning, Guangdong, county-level city * Xingning, Zixing (兴宁镇), a town of Zixing City, Hunan Hunan (, ; ) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the South Central China region. Located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze watershed, it borders the province-level divisions of Hubei to the north, Jiangxi .... ** Xingning Academy, ancient structure in Xingning, Guangdong ** Xingning Basin, located around Xingning, Guangdong * Xingning District, Nanning, Guangxi * Xingning era (363–365 CE), era name of the Emperor Ai of Jin {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xingning, Guangdong
:''Xingning is also the era name for Emperor Ai of the Jin dynasty.'' Xingning ( postal: Hingning; , Hakka: Hinnên) is a county-level city, under the jurisdiction of Meizhou City, Guangdong Province, China. The second largest city in east Guangdong, Xingning has an area of and a population of 1.13 million. Names Xingning was formerly known as Qichang (). History Xingning county was established in 331CE, later becoming the capital of the 10th-century Southern Han Dynasty. From its previous long-established status a county, in 1991 Xingning was upgraded to a county-level city within the municipal jurisdiction of Meizhou. Location Xingning is located in the north eastern part of Guangdong province and borders the counties of Pingyuan, Meixian, Fengshun and Wuhua in Meizhou City; Longchuan in Heiyuan City and Xunwu in Ganzhou City, Jiangxi Province. Ethno-linguistic make-up XingNing is noted for its large Hakka population. Administrative districts The cit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than city, cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an origin with the German language, German word , the Dutch language, Dutch word , and the Old Norse . The original Proto-Germanic language, Proto-Germanic word, *''tūnan'', is thought to be an early borrowing from Proto-Celtic language, Proto-Celtic *''dūnom'' (cf. Old Irish , Welsh language, Welsh ). The original sense of the word in both Germanic and Celtic was that of a fortress or an enclosure. Cognates of ''town'' in many modern Germanic languages designate a fence or a hedge. In English and Dutch, the meaning of the word took on the sense of the space which these fences enclosed, and through which a track must run. In England, a town was a small community that could not afford or was not allowed to build walls or other larger fort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zixing
Zixing () is a county-level city in Hunan Province, China, it is under the administration of Chenzhou prefecture-level City. Located on the southeast of the province, it is near to the north of the Chenzhou city proper. The city is bordered to the northwest by Yongxing and Anren Counties, to the northeast by Yanling County, to the east by Guidong County, to the southeast by Rucheng County, to the southwest by Yizhang County, to the west by Suxian District. Zixing City covers , as of 2015, It had a registered population of 378,400 and a resident population of 345,100.about the population of Zixing City in 2015, according to The city has two subdistricts, nine towns and two townships under its jurisdiction, the government seat is Tangdong Subdistrict ().about the divisions of Zixing City (November 27, 2015), according to Administrative divisions ;2 subdistricts * Dongjiang () * Tangdong () ;9 towns * Bailang () * Chukou () * Huangcao () * Liaojiang () * Qingjiang ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hunan
Hunan (, ; ) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the South Central China region. Located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze watershed, it borders the province-level divisions of Hubei to the north, Jiangxi to the east, Guangdong and Guangxi to the south, Guizhou to the west and Chongqing to the northwest. Its capital and largest city is Changsha, which also abuts the Xiang River. Hengyang, Zhuzhou, and Yueyang are among its most populous urban cities. With a population of just over 66 million residing in an area of approximately , it is China's 7th most populous province, the fourth most populous among landlocked provinces, the second most populous in South Central China after Guangdong and the most populous province in Central China. It is the largest province in South-Central China and the fourth largest among landlocked provinces and the 10th most extensive province by area. Hunan's nominal GDP was US$ 724 billion (CNY 4.6 tri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xingning Academy
The Xingning Academy is an ancient structure in Xingning, China. Now part of Xingmin High School (), it was originally built during the Ming Dynasty The Ming dynasty (), officially the Great Ming, was an Dynasties in Chinese history, imperial dynasty of China, ruling from 1368 to 1644 following the collapse of the Mongol Empire, Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. The Ming dynasty was the last ort ... (13681644). External links Article on the academy (Chinese)A photo Xingning, Guangdong Buildings and structures in Guangdong Education in Guangdong {{PRChina-struct-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xingning Basin
Xingning Basin, located in Xingning, China, is the largest basin in east Guangdong province. It spans 302 km2. Ostracode fossils from at least a dozen species in ten genera have been found there, from both the Early and Late Cretaceous The Late Cretaceous (100.5–66 Ma) is the younger of two epochs into which the Cretaceous Period is divided in the geologic time scale. Rock strata from this epoch form the Upper Cretaceous Series. The Cretaceous is named after ''creta'', .... References External linksFederation of American Scientists- photos and map. Cretaceous China Landforms of Guangdong {{cretaceous-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xingning District
Xingning District (; Standard Zhuang: ) is one of 7 districts of the prefecture-level city of Nanning, the capital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Guangxi (; ; alternately romanized as Kwanghsi; ; za, Gvangjsih, italics=yes), officially the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (GZAR), is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China, located in South China and bordering Vietnam ..., South China. References External links County-level divisions of Guangxi Nanning {{Guangxi-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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