Guzhang CountyGuzhang County (simplified Chinese: 古丈县; traditional Chinese: 古丈縣; pinyin: Gǔzhàng Xiàn) is a county of Hunan Province, China. The county is the 2nd least populous administrative unit of the counties or county-level cities (after Shaoshan City) in the province. It is under the administration of Xiangxi Autonomous Prefecture.
HunanProvince in Central ChinaProvince in ChinaHunan is an inland province in Central China. Located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze watershed, it borders the province-level divisions of Hubei to the north, Jiangxi to the east, Guangdong and Guangxi to the south, and Guizhou and Chongqing to the northwest. Its capital and largest city is Changsha, which abuts the Xiang River. Hengyang, Zhuzhou, and Yueyang are among its most populous urban cities.Fengtan DamThe Fengtan Dam is an arch-gravity dam on the You River, located 48 km (30 mi) southeast of Zhangjiajie in Hunan Province, China. The purpose of the multi-purpose dam is flood control, irrigation, power generation and navigation. The dam has a power station with an installed capacity of 800 MW and provides water for the irrigation of 44 km2 (17 sq mi). Construction on the dam began in 1970 and the first generator was operational in 1978.
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Global Boundary Stratotype Section and PointA Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP), sometimes referred to as a golden spike, is an internationally agreed upon reference point on a stratigraphic section which defines the lower boundary of a stage on the geologic time scale. The effort to define GSSPs is conducted by the International Commission on Stratigraphy, a part of the International Union of Geological Sciences. Most, but not all, GSSPs are based on paleontological changes.
PinyinRomanization scheme for Standard ChineseScheme for the Chinese Phonetic AlphabetSimplified Chinese汉语拼音方案Traditional Chinese漢語拼音方案Literal meaningscheme of spelled Han language sounds This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see .
CensusA census (from the Latin, 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating information about the members of a given population, which is then usually presented through statistics. This term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses. Other common censuses include censuses of agriculture, traditional culture, businesses, supplies, and traffic censuses.
Town (China)Tibetan nameTibetanགྲོང་རྡལ།Zhuang nameZhuangCinKorean nameHangul진Mongolian nameMongolian CyrillicбалгасMongolian scriptᠪᠠᠯᠭᠠᠰᠤUyghur nameUyghurبازارلىقManchu nameManchu scriptᡴᠠᡩᠠᠯᠠᠩᡤᠠMöllendorffkadalaŋgaKazakh nameKazakhقالاشىقқалашықqalaşyqKyrgyz nameKyrgyzشاارچاшаарчаşaarçaDaur nameDaurgiaabnOroqen nameOroqenajilWhen referring to political divisions of China, town is the standard English translation of the Chinese (traditional: ; pinyin: zhèn; Wade–Giles: chen).*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.