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Ningming
Ningming County (, za, Ningzmingz Yen) is a county in southwestern Guangxi, China. It is famous for being home to the Hua mountain rock paintings World Heritage Site. A diverse range of languages and dialects are spoken alongside Mandarin Chinese, including local Yue Chinese called Pak Va (白话), Zuojiang Zhuang (). It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Chongzuo and borders Vietnam's provinces of Lạng Sơn and Quảng Ninh. Administrative divisions There are 4 towns and 9 townships in the county: Towns: * Chengzhong (城中镇) Literally 'city county' known as Ningming (宁明) by locals, Aidian (爱店镇), Mingjiang (明江镇), Haiyuan (海渊镇) Townships: * Tingliang Township (亭亮乡), Zhai'an Township (寨安乡), Zhilang Township (峙浪乡), Dong'an Township (东安乡), Bangun Township (板棍乡), Beijiang Township Bei River (北江; literally "The North River"; pinyin: ''Běi Jiāng''; wade-giles: ''Pei3 Chiang1''; jyu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chongzuo
Chongzuo (; za, Cungzcoj) is a prefecture-level city in the south of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region near the Sino-Vietnamese border. It is home to one of China's largest Zhuang populations. Geography and climate Chongzuo is located in southwestern Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. It borders Nanning to the east, Baise to the north, Fangchenggang to the south and Lạng Sơn, Vietnam to the west. The Zuo or Left River and the You or Right River have their confluence in Chongzuo after which the river becomes the Yong River. Chongzuo is mountainous and hilly with numerous karst formations similar to Guilin and northern Vietnam’s Ha Long Bay. Its area is , of which is forested. Chongzuo's climate is humid subtropical and monsoon-influenced. January's average temperature is and in July it is . Within the prefecture, the annual mean is . There are 330 frost-free days. Annual precipitation is between 1088-1799mm. History Chongzuo is one of the earliest centers of Zhuang c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhuang Languages
The Zhuang languages (; autonym: , pre-1982: , Sawndip: 話僮, from ''vah'', 'language' and ''Cuengh'', 'Zhuang'; ) are any of more than a dozen Tai languages spoken by the Zhuang people of Southern China in the province of Guangxi and adjacent parts of Yunnan and Guangdong. The Zhuang languages do not form a monophyletic linguistic unit, as northern and southern Zhuang languages are more closely related to other Tai languages than to each other. Northern Zhuang languages form a dialect continuum with Northern Tai varieties across the provincial border in Guizhou, which are designated as Bouyei, whereas Southern Zhuang languages form another dialect continuum with Central Tai varieties such as Nung, Tay and Caolan in Vietnam. Standard Zhuang is based on the Northern Zhuang dialect of Wuming. The Tai languages are believed to have been originally spoken in what is now southern China, with speakers of the Southwestern Tai languages (which include Thai, Lao and Shan) having ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rock Paintings Of Hua Mountain
The Zuojiang Huashan Rock Art Cultural Landscape () is an extensive assembly of historical rock art that were painted on limestone cliff faces in Guangxi, southern China. The paintings are located on the west bank of the Ming River () which is a tributary of the Zuo River.Guo Hong, Han Rubin, Huang Huaiwu, Lan Riyong, and Xie RiwaTypes of Weathering of the Huashan Rock Paintings in: Agnew, Neville, ed., ''Conservation of Ancient Sites on the Silk Road: Proceedings of the Second International Conference on the Conservation of Grotto Sites, Mogao Grottoes, Dunhuang, People's Republic of China'', June 28-July 3, 2004. Los Angeles: The Getty Conservation Institute, 2010. Archived frooriginal/ref> The area of the paintings is part of the Nonggang Nature Reserve and belongs to Ningming County. On July 15, 2016, Zuojiang Huashan Rock Art Cultural Landscape was listed as the 49th UNESCO World Heritage Site in China. The main painted area along the cliff has a width of about and a height o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Postal Code Of China
Postal codes in the People's Republic of China () are postal codes used by China Post for the delivery of letters and goods within mainland China. China Post uses a six-digit all-numerical system with four tiers: the first tier, composed of the first two digits, show the province, province-equivalent municipality, or autonomous region; the second tier, composed of the third digit, shows the postal zone within the province, municipality or autonomous region; the fourth digit serves as the third tier, which shows the postal office within prefectures or prefecture-level cities; the last two digits are the fourth tier, which indicates the specific mailing area for delivery. The range 000000–009999 was originally marked for Taiwan (The Republic of China) but is not used because it not under the control of the People's Republic of China. Mail to ROC is treated as international mail, and uses postal codes set forth by Chunghwa Post. Codes starting from 999 are the internal codes use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nanan Township (born 1955), artist from Trinidad and Tobago
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Nanan may refer to: __NOTOC__ Places India * Nanan (Jodhpur), a village in Bilara Tehsil China * Nan'an, Fujian (南安市), county-level city of Quanzhou, Fujian * Nan'an, Dayu County (南安镇), town in Dayu County, Shanxi * Nan'an, Wenshui County (南安镇), a village in Wenshui County, Shanxi * Nan'an District (南岸区), Chongqing People * Rangy Nanan (1953–2016), former West Indian cricketer * Wendy Nanan Wendy Nanan (born 1955) is an artist from Trinidad and Tobago. Much of her work focuses on the multi-racial aspects of Trinidadian society, often featuring images of religious figures and post-colonial symbolism. Nanan has exhibited in Paris, Fran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beijiang Township
Bei River (北江; literally "The North River"; pinyin: ''Běi Jiāng''; wade-giles: ''Pei3 Chiang1''; jyutping: ''Bak1 Gong1'', literally "North River") is the northern tributary of the Pearl River in southern China. The other two main tributaries of the Pearl River are the Xi Jiang and the Dong Jiang. The Bei River is long, and is located in northern Guangdong. See also * Pearl River Delta * Geography of China * List of rivers of Asia A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby union ... References Rivers of Guangdong Tributaries of the Pearl River (China) {{China-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dong'an Township
Dongan may refer to: People *Donegan, an Irish surname, sometimes spelled Dongan * Dongan Baronets, in the Baronetage of Ireland *Dungan people, a Muslim population of Chinese origin living in central Asia Places *Yunfu City (), Guangdong, China. From 1578 to 1913, known as Dong'an (, formerly romanized as Tong On) *Dong'an County (), Yongzhou, Hunan, China *Dong'an District (), Mudanjiang, Heilongjiang, China * Dong'an, Chongqing (), town in Chengkou County, Chongqing, China * Dong'an, Zhucheng (), in Zhucheng Subdistrict, Xinzhou District, Wuhan, Hubei, China * Dongan, Iran, a village in North Khroasan Province, Iran *Dongan Hills, Staten Island, U.S. **Dongan Hills station *Dongan-gu, Anyang, South Korea *Dong'an Road station, a station on the Shanghai Metro, China Other uses * Dong'an chicken, a Chinese cuisine cold parboiled chicken dish *Dongan Engine Manufacturing Company The Dongan Engine Manufacturing Company is a Chinese engine manufacturer founded in 1948. Also know ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
