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Anping River
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), written with the same Chinese characters in the reverse order {{place name disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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, to the west by Leiyang City and Hengnan County. Anren County covers , 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, the county seat is Yonglejiang.the divisions of Anren County in 2015, according to the result on adjustment of township-level administrative divisions of Anren County on November 27, 2015 - rednet.cn als ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 main island of Taiwan, during their 38-year rule over the western part of the island. The site had been renamed several times as Orange City (奧倫治城; ), Anping City (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 made so precarious that much o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anping, Tainan
Anping District is a District (Taiwan), 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 67,263 people. Name The older place name of Tayouan derives from the ethnonym of a nearby Taiwanese aborigines, 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 (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. Soon after Taiwan under Qing rule, Qing rule was established in 1683, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 origina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anhai
Anhai is a town in southern Fujian province, 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 identified Tansu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 , 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, the county seat A county seat is an administrative center, seat of government, or capital city of a county or civil parish. The term is in use in Canada, China, Hungary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 living things) with commonality such as place, norms, religion, values, customs, or identity. Communities may share a sense of place situated in a given geographical area (e.g. a country, village, tow ..., 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] |
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. 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 ..., with the population of about 1 million. Administrative divisions As 2012, this county is divided to 7 towns and 14 townships. ;Towns ;Townships Climate References County-level divisions of Henan Shangqiu {{Henan-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
