57th Division (2nd Formation)(People's Republic Of China)
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57th Division (2nd Formation)(People's Republic Of China)
32nd Garrison Division () was formed in October 1969 from 1st Engineer District, Engineer Troops of Lanzhou Military Region. The division was composed of 3 regiments. after December 1969 these regiments were renamed as: *1st Garrison Regiment; *2nd Garrison Regiment; *3rd Garrison Regiment. The division was stationed in Jiuquan, Gansu Gansu (, ; alternately romanized as Kansu) is a province in Northwest China. Its capital and largest city is Lanzhou, in the southeast part of the province. The seventh-largest administrative district by area at , Gansu lies between the Tibet ..., as the garrison unit of Dongfeng Space Center. From late 1969 the division was transferred to newly reformed 19th Army Corps. In December the division was renamed as Garrison Division of Lanzhou Military Region(). In 1976 Artillery Regiment was activated. From January 1981, the division was renamed as 1st Garrison Division of Lanzhou Military Region()(1st formation) following 2nd Garrison Divis ...
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People's Republic Of China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and borders fourteen countries by land, the most of any country in the world, tied with Russia. Covering an area of approximately , it is the world's third largest country by total land area. The country consists of 22 provinces, five autonomous regions, four municipalities, and two Special Administrative Regions (Hong Kong and Macau). The national capital is Beijing, and the most populous city and financial center is Shanghai. Modern Chinese trace their origins to a cradle of civilization in the fertile basin of the Yellow River in the North China Plain. The semi-legendary Xia dynasty in the 21st century BCE and the well-attested Shang and Zhou dynasties developed a bureaucratic political system to serve hereditary monarchies, or dyna ...
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People's Liberation Army
The People's Liberation Army (PLA) is the principal military force of the People's Republic of China and the armed wing of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The PLA consists of five service branches: the Ground Force, Navy, Air Force, Rocket Force, and Strategic Support Force. It is under the leadership of the Central Military Commission (CMC) with its chairman as commander-in-chief. The PLA can trace its origins during the Republican Era to the left-wing units of the National Revolutionary Army (NRA) of the Kuomintang (KMT) when they broke away on 1 August 1927 in an uprising against the nationalist government as the Chinese Red Army before being reintegrated into the NRA as units of New Fourth Army and Eighth Route Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War. The two NRA communist units were reconstituted into the PLA on 10 October 1947. Today, the majority of military units around the country are assigned to one of five theater commands by geographical location. ...
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19th Corps (People's Liberation Army)
19 Corps, 19th Corps, XIX Corps, or XIX Army Corps may refer to: * 19th Army Corps (France) * 19th Army Corps (Russian Empire) * XIX (2nd Royal Saxon) Corps, a unit of the Imperial German Army prior to and during World War I * XIX Corps (Ottoman Empire) * XIX Corps (United Kingdom) * XIX Corps (United States) * XIX Corps (Union Army) * XIX Army Corps of the Wehrmacht See also * 19th Division (other) * 19th Brigade (other) * 19th Regiment (other) * 19th Group (other) * 19th Battalion (other) 19th Battalion may refer to: *19th Battalion (Australia), a World War I ANZAC battalion *2/19th Battalion (Australia), a World War II Australian infantry battalion *19th Battalion (New Zealand), a World War II infantry battalion * 19th (Central Ont ... * 19th Squadron (other) {{mil-unit-dis ...
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Jiuquan
Jiuquan, formerly known as Suzhou, is a prefecture-level city in the northwesternmost part of Gansu Province in the People's Republic of China. It is more than wide from east to west, occupying , although its built-up area is mostly located in its Suzhou District. At the end of 2021, the province's resident population was 24.9002 million, a decrease of 110,000 compared with the end of the previous year, of which: male population was 12.6601 million, female population was 12.2401 million, and the population sex ratio was 103.43 (females were 100). Name The city was formerly known as Fulu, which became known as Suzhou (Suchow, Su-chow, &c.) after it became the seat of Su Prefecture under the Sui.485
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Gansu
Gansu (, ; alternately romanized as Kansu) is a province in Northwest China. Its capital and largest city is Lanzhou, in the southeast part of the province. The seventh-largest administrative district by area at , Gansu lies between the Tibetan and Loess plateaus and borders Mongolia ( Govi-Altai Province), Inner Mongolia and Ningxia to the north, Xinjiang and Qinghai to the west, Sichuan to the south and Shaanxi to the east. The Yellow River passes through the southern part of the province. Part of Gansu's territory is located in the Gobi Desert. The Qilian mountains are located in the south of the Province. Gansu has a population of 26 million, ranking 22nd in China. Its population is mostly Han, along with Hui, Dongxiang and Tibetan minorities. The most common language is Mandarin. Gansu is among the poorest administrative divisions in China, ranking 31st, last place, in GDP per capita as of 2019. The State of Qin originated in what is now southeastern Gansu and ...
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Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center (JSLC; also known as Shuangchengzi Missile Test Center; Launch Complex B2; formally Northwest Comprehensive Missile Testing Facility (); Base 20; 63600 Unit) is a Chinese space vehicle launch facility (spaceport) located in the Gobi Desert, Inner Mongolia. It is part of the Dongfeng Aerospace City (Base 10). Although the facility is geographically located within Ejin Banner of Inner Mongolia's Alxa League, it is named after the nearest city, Jiuquan in Gansu Province. The launch center straddles both sides of the Ruo Shui river. History It was founded in 1958, the first of China's four spaceports. As with all Chinese launch facilities, it is remote and generally closed to foreigners. The Satellite Launch Center is a part of Dongfeng Space City (), also known as ''Base 10'' () or ''Dongfeng base'' (). The Dongfeng site also includes People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) test flight facilities, a space museum and a so-called marty ...
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2nd Garrison Division Of Lanzhou Military Region (People's Republic Of China)
Independent Division of Shaanxi Provincial Military District ()(1st Formation) was formed in 1966 from the Public Security Contingent of Shaanxi province. The division was composed of five regiments (1st to 5th) and two independent battalions. On April 18, 1969 it exchanged its position and designation with Independent Division of Gansu Provincial Military District and became the second formation of Independent Division of Gansu Provincial Military District() with 3 of its regiments (1st to 3rd). 4th Regiment and 5th Regiment was detached from the division. On the division's arrival, former 6th Regiment of Independent Division of Qinghai Provincial Military District joined the division and became its 4th Regiment. In April 1971, the 5th Regiment was activated from 1st Independent Infantry Regiment of Gansu Provincial Military District. In May 1971, the 6th Regiment was activated. By then the division was composed of 10341 personnel. In April 1976 the division was re-organized: ...
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Infantry Divisions Of The People's Liberation Army
Infantry is a military specialization which engages in ground combat on foot. Infantry generally consists of light infantry, mountain infantry, motorized infantry & mechanized infantry, airborne infantry, air assault infantry, and marine infantry. Although disused in modern times, heavy infantry also commonly made up the bulk of many historic armies. Infantry, cavalry, and artillery have traditionally made up the core of the combat arms professions of various armies, with the infantry almost always comprising the largest portion of these forces. Etymology and terminology In English, use of the term ''infantry'' began about the 1570s, describing soldiers who march and fight on foot. The word derives from Middle French ''infanterie'', from older Italian language, Italian (also Spanish) ''infanteria'' (foot soldiers too inexperienced for cavalry), from Latin ''wikt:infans, īnfāns'' (without speech, newborn, foolish), from which English also gets ''wikt:infant, infant' ...
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Military Units And Formations Established In 1969
A military, also known collectively as armed forces, is a heavily armed, highly organized force primarily intended for warfare. It is typically authorized and maintained by a sovereign state, with its members identifiable by their distinct military uniform. It may consist of one or more military branches such as an army, navy, air force, space force, marines, or coast guard. The main task of the military is usually defined as defence of the state and its interests against external armed threats. In broad usage, the terms ''armed forces'' and ''military'' are often treated as synonymous, although in technical usage a distinction is sometimes made in which a country's armed forces may include both its military and other paramilitary forces. There are various forms of irregular military forces, not belonging to a recognized state; though they share many attributes with regular military forces, they are less often referred to as simply ''military''. A nation's military may f ...
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