Kang may refer to:
Places
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Kang Kalan
Kang Kalan is a village in Shahkot in Jalandhar district of Punjab State, India. It is located from Shahkot, from Nakodar, from district headquarter Jalandhar and from state capital Chandigarh. The village is administrated by a sarpanch ...
, Punjab
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Kang District
Kang District is a district of Nimruz Province in Afghanistan. It has a population of about 13,514 , which is 60% ethnic Pashtun, 25% Baloch, and 15% Tajik.
See also
*Districts of Afghanistan
The districts of Afghanistan, known as ''wule ...
, Afghanistan
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Kang, Botswana, a village
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Kang County, Gansu, China
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Kang, Isfahan
Khanj ( fa, خنج, also Romanized as Khonj; also known as Kang, Kang-e Gorg, and Kangh) is a village in Nakhlestan Rural District, in the Central District of Khur and Biabanak County
Khur and Biabanak County ( fa, شهرستان خور و ...
, Iran, a village
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Kang, Kerman, Iran, a village
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Kang, Razavi Khorasan, Iran, a village
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Kham
Kham (; )
is one of the three traditional Tibetan regions, the others being Amdo in the northeast, and Ü-Tsang in central Tibet. The original residents of Kham are called Khampas (), and were governed locally by chieftains and monasteries. Kham ...
(康), also transliterated as Kang, an area of eastern Tibet and western Sichuan
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Kangju, an ancient kingdom in Central Asia
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Xikang, a province of the Republic of China from 1939 to 1955
People
Royalty
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Tai Kang (reigned 2117–2088 BC), third sovereign of the Xia Dynasty
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King Kang of Zhou (reigned 1020-996 BC or 1005-978 BC), third sovereign of the Chinese Zhou Dynasty
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King Kang of Chu (died 545 BC), in ancient China
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Duke Kang of Qi (died 379 BC), titular ruler of Qi
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Emperor Kang of Jin (322-344), of the Eastern Jin Dynasty
Surname
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Kang (Chinese surname), a Chinese surname (康)
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Kang (Korean surname) Kang is a Korean family name. All together, the holders of this name number are 1,176,847 in South Korea, according to the 2015 national census, ranking 6th largest Korean family name.;
While the name "Kang" can actually represent any of the 5 d ...
, a common Korean surname (강; 姜)
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C.S. Eliot Kang (born 1962), American diplomat and member of the U.S. Senior Executive Service
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Eugene Kang (born 1984), Special Projects Coordinator and Confidential Assistant to U.S. President Barack Obama
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Jimmy Kang, American music producer and executive
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Kristi Kang (born 1984), American voice actress affiliated with Funimation
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Kang Kek Iew (1942–2020), leader of the Cambodian Khmer Rouge, convicted of crimes against humanity
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David Kang, an Australian barrister and gunman
Characters
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Kang and Kodos, green one-eyed aliens in ''The Simpsons''
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Kang the Conqueror, a Marvel Comics supervillain
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Kang (''Star Trek''), a Klingon warrior in ''Star Trek'' television series
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Liu Kang, a character in the ''Mortal Kombat'' series
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Meng Kang, a character in the ''Water Margin''
* Kang the Mad, a character in ''
Jade Empire'' 2005 video game
* Kang Tongbi or Widow Kang, a character in ''
The Years of Rice and Salt'' 2002 counterfactual novel
* Suzie Kang, an object-tracker in ''
The Lost Room'' mini-series
* The Kangs, two warring gangs in the "
Paradise Towers" 1987 ''Doctor Who'' episode
Other uses
* Kang, the star
Kappa Virginis
Kappa Virginis (κ Virginis, abbreviated Kappa Vir, κ Vir), officially named Kang , is a solitary star in the zodiac constellation of Virgo. It has an apparent visual magnitude of 4.18, which is sufficiently bright to be seen with the n ...
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Kang bed-stove
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K'ang jo fu
Rolf Cahn (August 14, 1924 – August 1, 1994) was an American folk musician, martial arts teacher, author, and social activist. Born in Germany, he and his family, who were Jewish, fled from Adolf Hitler's oppression and arrived in the United Sta ...
or the kang, a self-defense technique
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KANG-LD
KANG-LD (channel 31) is a low-power television station in San Angelo, Texas, United States, affiliated with the Spanish-language UniMás network. It is owned by Entravision Communications alongside Univision
Univision () is an American Sp ...
, a TV station, San Angelo, Texas, US
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KEUS-LD
KEUS-LD (channel 41) is a low-power television station in San Angelo, Texas, United States, affiliated with the Spanish-language Univision network. It is owned by Entravision Communications alongside UniMás affiliate KANG-LD (channel 31). Thro ...
, a TV station, San Angelo, Texas, US, formerly KANG-CA
* KANG-TV, a TV station in Waco, Texas, sold to
KWTX-TV
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