Ningqiang

English

Alternative forms

• Ning-ch'iang (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 寧強／宁强.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌnɪŋˈt͡ʃjɑŋ/

Proper noun

Ningqiang

1. A county of Hanzhong, Shaanxi, China.
   • [1967, Chêng Tê-k’un, “Outline of the Study: Geographical and Historical Background”, in Archaeological Studies in Szechwan‎^[1], Cambridge University Press, →OCLC, page 9:

     The troops of the ambitious Ch’in widened the old road which ran through the mountainous region, leading from the modern city of Ning-ch’iang 甯羌 in Shensi, into the Red Basin, by way of the modern cities of Kuang-yüan 廣元, Chao-hua 昭化 and Chien-ko 劍閣 in Szechwan.]

   • 1986, Mu En-zhi, A. J. Boucot, Chen Xu, Rong Jia-yu, Correlation of the Silurian Rocks of China‎^[2], Geological Society of America, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 15, column 2:

     The poorly fossiliferous lower redbeds of the Yangtze Platform Silurian sequence, the Rongxi Formation, have long presented a serious correlation problem. However, with the discovery in Ningqiang County, Shaanxi, that the laterally- equivalent Wangjiawan Formation contains a useful graptolitic and shelly fauna, this problem has been satisfactorily resolved.

   • 2008 July 25, Edward Wong, “China: 3 Quakes Rattle Western Region, Killing One”, in The New York Times‎^[3], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 June 2018, Asia Pacific‎^[4]:

     The latest fatality occurred in Ningqiang County, in Shaanxi Province, where a 5.6-magnitude quake struck at 3:54 a.m. The two other quakes followed, with the last being the strongest, at a magnitude of 6.0, at the juncture of Ningqiang County and Qingchuan County, in Sichuan Province.

   • 2017 May 12, “Shaanxi “Happiness Industry” as a New Way to Enrich the People and Develop the Province”, in The Government Website of Shaanxi Province‎^[5], archived from the original on 08 September 2022‎^[6]:

     The development in tourism industry also promoted regional economic transformation and development. Located in Qinling-Bashan Mountains, Ningshaan County in Ankang has 28 tourism projects under construction at present with total investment of RMB 38 billion yuan. “In the past decade, the proportion of tourism revenue to GDP in Ningqiang County has increased from less than 3% to more than 20% and tourism industry has become a pillar industry.” said Lv Xuanqiang, Director of Tourism Administration of NingShaan County.

Translations

county

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 寧強／宁强 (zh)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Ningqiang, Ning-ch'iang, Ning-chiang, Ningchiang at Google Ngram Viewer
• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Ningqiang”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[7], volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 2190, column 1