Acheng County
Acheng may refer to: *Acheng District Acheng District (Manchu Language: Alcuka Hoton) is one of nine districts of the prefecture-level city of Harbin, the capital of Heilongjiang Province, Northeast China, covering part of the southeastern suburbs. The district was approved to es ..., in Harbin, Heilongjiang, China * Angelina Acheng, Ugandan human rights activist * Ah Cheng, Chinese author and screenwriter {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Acheng District
Acheng District (Manchu Language: Alcuka Hoton) is one of nine districts of the prefecture-level city of Harbin, the capital of Heilongjiang Province, Northeast China, covering part of the southeastern suburbs. The district was approved to establish from the former ''Acheng City'' () by the Chinese State Council on August 15, 2006. , it had a population of 596,856 residing in an area of , and is southeast of downtown Harbin, north of Jilin City, and around south of the Songhua River. It lies within the basin of and until 1909 was considered synonymous with the Ashi River which gave its name to the Jurchen Jin Dynasty. The district administers nine subdistricts, eight towns, one township, and one ethnic township. It borders Daowai District to the north, Bin County to the northeast, Shangzhi to the southeast, and Wuchang to the south, Shuangcheng District to the west, and Pingfang and Xiangfang Districts to the northwest. History Acheng was known to medieval China as Huini ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Angelina Acheng
Angelina Acheng Atyam (born 1946) is a Ugandan human rights activist and midwife. In 1996, Atyam's daughter and 138 other girls were kidnapped from an Aboke school by guerrillas from the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). Atyam founded the Concerned Parents Association to advocate for the release of the captive children, and acted as the organization's spokesperson, travelling to Europe and the United States. In recognition of her work, she was awarded the United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights in 1998. Atyam was reunited with her daughter in 2004. Biography Born Angelina Acheng in Bobi, Uganda, in 1946, Atyam is of Luo ethnic origin. A trained midwife, she settled in Lira after marrying George Atyam, and gave birth to three sons and three daughters. On 10 October 1996, she learnt that her daughter Charlotte, then 14, was one of 139 girls who had been kidnapped from St Mary's Catholic boarding school in Aboke by guerrillas from the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). Thanks to ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |