Bayinguoleng
English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 巴音郭楞 (Bāyīnguōléng).
Proper noun
[edit]Bayinguoleng
- Synonym of Bayingolin: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
- 1978 September 26 [1978 September 18], “Wang Feng Conveys Hua's Instructions”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China[1], volume I, number 187, sourced from Urumchi Sinkiang Regional Service, translation of original in Mandarin, →ISSN, →OCLC, Northwest Region, pages M 2–M 3:
- While conveying the directives of Chairman Hua, who has high hopes for Sinkiang, Comrade Wang Feng also analyzed the excellent situation in both Sinkiang and Payinkuoleng Prefecture.
In light of actual conditions in Sinkiang and Payinkuoleng Prefecture, Comrade Wang Feng emphatically said: In order to implement Chairman Hua's directives it is imperative that we do a good job in the exposure-criticism-investigation and "two blows" movement and in implementing party policies. […]
During his stay in the Payinkuoleng Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Comrade Wang Feng also went to seven new people's communes in Yenchi Hui Autonomous County to examine their work, investigate the local people's living conditions and inspect crops in the fields.
- 1983, Summary of World Broadcasts: Far East[2], British Broadcasting Corporation Monitoring Service, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 5:
- The Bayinguoleng Mongolian autonomous prefectural CCP Committee has organized a new leadership group. With the approval of the Xinjiang regional CCP Committee, the new group is composed of 11 persons.
- 1987, Li Chengrui, editor, A Census of One Billion People[3], Hong Kong: State Statistical Bureau, →ISBN Invalid ISBN, page 119:
- In Xinjiang, the census workers of the joint census team of Bayinguoleng Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture and Jing County were caught in a storm and stranded in a desert 5,000 metres above sea level as their lorry had got stuck in the snow.
- 1993, Judy Bonavia, Sarah Jessup, Edward Juanteguy, The Silk Road From Xi'an to Kashgar[4], Passport Books, →ISBN, page 240:
- Korla is the capital of the Bayinguoleng Mongolian Prefecture, the largest prefecture in all of China, encompassing the eastern half of the Taklamakan Desert and extending to the borders of Tibet, Qinghai and Gansu.