Wugang

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: wo͞oʹgängʹ

Etymology 1

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 武岡 / 武冈 (Wǔgāng).

Proper noun

Wugang

1. A county-level city in Shaoyang, Hunan, China.
   • 2009 September 2, Emily Chang, “Plants shut for lead poisoning in south China; thousands sickened”, in CNN‎^[2], archived from the original on September 03, 2009:

     Hengjiang Village is nestled in the lush mountains of China's Hunan province, just a few kilometers from the bustling city of Wugang.

Translations

county-level city

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 武岡 / 武冈 (zh) (Wǔgāng)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Etymology 2

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 舞鋼 / 舞钢 (Wǔgāng).

Proper noun

Wugang

1. A county-level city in Pingdingshan, Henan, China.
   • [1980, China News Analysis‎^[3], numbers 1181-1201, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 5:

     Fraud
     Wu-kang district (舞鋼區), Honan province, lies between P'ing-ting-shan city (平頂山市) and Hsü-ch'ang city (許昌市), and[...]]

   • 1998 November 11, Elisabeth Rosenthal, “China Detains 140 From 2 Protestant Groups”, in The New York Times‎^[4], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2015-05-27, Section A, page 5‎^[5]:

     The incidents occurred in Henan Province in an area known to have many "house churches." […]
     Mr. Zhang said that 40 worshipers at a house church were arrested on Oct. 26 in the city of Wugang and that more than 100 were detained on Nov. 5 in Nanyang.

   • 2006, Michael D. Suman, The Church in China: One Lord Two Systems‎^[6], Bangalore, India: SAIACS, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 338:

     On October 26, 1998, the PSB assaulted a group of 40 at a house gathering, in Liuwan Village of Wugong County near Wugang City in Henan Province.

   • 2022 July 12, “China Locks Down a Steel Hub For Three Days on One Covid Case”, in Bloomberg News‎^[7], archived from the original on 12 July 2022:

     Wugang in Henan Province announced a citywide lockdown starting July 11, making it the latest Chinese city to enact strict mobility curbs amid the country’s ongoing Covid flareup. The city of about 300,000, home to Wuyang Iron & Steel Co., is requiring all residents to stay at home unless they’re getting tested for Covid, according to a local government statement Monday.

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

Translations

county-level city

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 舞鋼 / 舞钢 (zh) (Wǔgāng)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Wugang”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[8], volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3494, column 2
• Wugang, Wu-kang, Wukang at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.