Yicheng
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Etymology 1[edit]
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Yicheng
- A county-level city in Xiangyang, Hubei, China.
- 2013, Wenling Jiang, Yu He, “Space Distribution Pattern Research and Optimization Analysis of Rural Settlements in Yicheng City”, in Sustainable Cities Development and Environment Protection[1], , →ISSN, →OCLC, page 50:
- Yicheng City which is located within 31°27'N-31°54"N and 111°57'E-112°45'E in the Middle of Hubei Province [and] covers an area of 2,045 square kilometers.
- An economic and technological development zone in Yicheng, Xiangyang, Hubei, China.
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a county-level city and an economic and technological development zone in central China
Etymology 2[edit]
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Yicheng
- A county of Linfen, Shanxi, China.
- 2015 October 30, Edward Wong, “One-Child Rule Is Gone in China, but Trauma Lingers for Many”, in The New York Times[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2015-10-31, Asia Pacific[3]:
- Mr. Liang proposed a pilot project in Shanxi, which was approved. That project, in rural Yicheng County, was carried out in secret for decades and ultimately showed that China’s birthrate would have declined naturally.
- 2020 December 17, Sidney Leng, “China trades rainwater for first time, but analysts say unstable trading system is far from being market-driven”, in South China Morning Post[4], archived from the original on 17 December 2020[5]:
- At least a dozen provinces in China are suffering from water scarcity. A villager in Yicheng county, Shanxi province, is seen here collecting rainwater.
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Etymology 3[edit]
From Mandarin 驛城/驿城 (Yìchéng).
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Yicheng
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Further reading[edit]
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Yicheng”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World[6], volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3527, column 3