Gangca

English

Etymology

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Proper noun

Gangca

1. A county of Haibei, Qinghai, China.
   • [1973, Survey of China Mainland Press‎^[1], numbers 5304-5325, United States Consulate General (Hong Kong), →ISSN, →OCLC, page 21:

     the experience of kangcha county on the northern bank of chinghai lake, the biggest hinterland lake in china, shows how these achievements are made. the county has fine grasslands and rich water resources.]

   • [2005 June 24 [2005 May 26], Chris Taylor, anonymous quotee, “Outbreak cover-up?”, in Henry Niman (using Alta Vista's Babelfish translator), transl., South China Morning Post‎^[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on October 05, 2018‎^[3]:

     The reports of the past few days have been made by the nine of us from around Gangcha county and Qilian county, because we wanted to really understand the avian influenza situation in Qinghai. We came disguised as tourists to carry out on-the-spot interviews ... only by coming to this place can you realise just how poor China can be. Anyone with a conscience would shed tears.]

   • 2013 February 25, Clarissa Sebag-Montefiore, “Dislocation, Dislocation, Dislocation”, in The New York Times‎^[4], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 October 2022, Latitude: Views from Around the World‎^[5]:

     GANGCA, China […]
     But in places like this small, dusty town, located high on the Tibetan plateau in the western Chinese province of Qinghai, the most widespread problem is the dislocation of nomadic communities that comes with rapidly enforced top-down development. […]
     On a visit to Gangca earlier this month, I saw a large new hospital and well-maintained sports fields at the school. Housing developments painted a cheery canary yellow dotted the slopes behind the main street.

Translations

county

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 剛察／刚察 (zh) (Gāngchá)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can