Yuanzhou

See also: yuánzhōu

English

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 原州 (Yuánzhōu).

Pronunciation

• enPR: yüǎnʹjōʹ

Proper noun

Yuanzhou

1. A district of Guyuan, Ningxia, China.
   • 2008 April, Richard C. Larson, M. Elizabeth Murray, “Distance Learning as a Tool for Poverty Reduction and Economic Development: A Focus on China and Mexico”, in Journal of Science Education and Technology‎^[1], volume 17, number 2, Springer, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 182, column 2:

     Yuanzhou District of Ningxia Province
     At the onset, it should be clarified that upon the start of the Tsinghua Education-to-Aid-the-Poor Project, Yuanzhou district was far more advanced than Huade County in the area of distance education. Since 2000, Yuanzhou district has been involved in two national projects—"Applying Information Technology in Education" and "Modern Distance Education in Rural Areas"—both of which are funded by the Chinese government in partnership with certain international organizations.

   • 2012 December 17, Pinghui Zhuang, “Ningxia Hui official faces corruption inquiry”, in South China Morning Post‎^[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2012-12-30‎^[3]:

     Ma, 52, has served as secretary of the Yinchuan Youth League Committee, head of the general office of the Ningxia Hui autonomous region Youth League and deputy party secretary of Guyuan county.
     He was promoted to deputy party secretary of Yuanzhou district of Guyuan city in 2002 and in 2006 became deputy head of the forestry administration.

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

Synonyms

• Guyuan, Kuyuan (historical)

Translations

district

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 原州 (zh) (Yuánzhōu)

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