Helan

See also: helan and Hélán

English

Alternative forms

• Holan (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

From Mandarin 賀蘭 / 贺兰 (Hèlán).

Pronunciation

• enPR: hǔʹlänʹ

Proper noun

Helan

1. A county of Yinchuan, Ningxia, China.
   • 1993, A. Doak Barnett, “Han and Hui: Ningxia”, in China's Far West: Four Decades of Change‎^[2], Westview Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 133:

     One Ningxia economist, a conservative, argued that the chengbao system should be the main thrust of reform for some time. Another argued strongly, however, that priority should be given to reform of the ownership system and that much greater encouragement should be given to private enterprises. This man cited a recently organized private enterprise that made auto parts in Helan County near Yingchuan^{[sic – meaning Yinchuan]} as a success story and an example of what was needed.

   • 2013, Rongxing Guo, “Ningxia”, in Regional China: A Business and Economic Handbook‎^[3], →ISBN, →OCLC, page 228‎^[4]:

     Desheng Industrial Park Located in Helan County, this is a base for about 400 enterprises. It has industrial chains from Muslim food and commodities to trade and logistics, new materials and bio-pharmaceuticals, which have ¥80 billion in fixed assets.

   • 2021 August 25, Matt Fidler, “Reading festival and Extinction Rebellion protest: Wednesday’s best photos”, in The Guardian‎^[5], archived from the original on 29 August 2021:

     Photovoltaic panels at a fish breeding base in Helan county, north-west Ningxia Hui autonomous region. The county has many wetlands and lakes in the Yellow River basin.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Helan.

Translations

county

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 賀蘭 / 贺兰 (zh) (Hélán)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Helan”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[6], volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1261, column 3