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English citations of xian

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  • 1987, Jessica Rawson, “The Eastern Zhou Period”, in Chinese Bronzes: Art and Ritual[1], British Museum Publications, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 47:
    Tight and dense motifs occur on bronzes excavated in 1923 from a tomb at Lijialou at Xinzheng Xian in southern Henan attributed to the small state of Zheng.
  • 1990, Barrett L. McCormick, “Elections to Local People's Congresses”, in Political Reform in Post-Mao China: Democracy and Bureaucracy in a Leninist State[2], University of California Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 138:
    At the time of the elections (1980) Nanjing was subdivided into three suburban counties (xian) and nine urban districts (qu).
  • 2017, Alan J. K. Sanders, Historical Dictionary of Mongolia[3], 4th edition, volume I, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 700, page 274:
    The Henan Mongol autonomous county (xian) is inhabited by Tsoros Mongols, and there are Ööld Mongols in the Huzhu autonomous county.