Zhuanqukou

English

Map including Zhuanqukou (DMA, 1989)

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 轉渠口／转渠口.

Pronunciation

• enPR: jwänʹchüʹkōʹ

Proper noun

Zhuanqukou

1. A town in Dunhuang, Jiuquan, Gansu, China.
   • 2011, Juncang Yang, Zhiheng Li, “The dynamic trends and prevention countermeasures of groundwater in Danghe irrigation, Dunhuang basin”, in 2011 International Symposium on Water Resource and Environmental Protection‎^[1], →DOI, →OCLC:

     Generally, the water level had a rising trend in the north of Huangqu town and Zhuanqukou town and along both sides of Dang river, but the level in the east and west of Danghe had a[...]

   • 2014 April 8, “The endless dry spells of Dunhuang”, in China Internet Information Center‎^[2], archived from the original on May 24, 2021:

     A middle-aged famer from Zhuanqukou Village says that his annual income from the crops is only 2,000 yuan (US$322.2 yuan), a number which is barely there. Water shortage has become a bottleneck for the economic development of Dunhuang, Gansu Province.

   • 2016 June, “Land use/land cover change and driving effects of water environment system in Dunhuang Basin, northwestern China”, in Environmental Earth Sciences‎^[3], volume 75, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on July 25, 2021, page 9:

     In addition, according to the monitoring data of groundwater level twice per year in the Danghe irrigation area from 2008 to 2010, the declined range of 0.10–0.50 m/a was mainly occurred from Suzhou town to Mengjiaqiao town and the Northeastern Mogao town; the declined range of 0.10–0.30 m/a was mainly distributed from Zhuanqukou, Guojiabao to Mogao town and around them; the declined range of 0.10–0.20 m/a was mainly distributed in the south of the Dunhuang irrigation area and other districts.

   • 2018 November 28, “Dunhuang medical community improves treatment”, in State Council of the People's Republic of China‎^[4], archived from the original on May 24, 2021:

     A nurse of the Dunhuang medical community gives a patient an intravenous injection at the central hospital of Zhuanqukou town, Dunhuang city, Gansu province, Nov 27, 2018

   • 2022, Jinbao Liu, “Thosuand's Years of Vicissitudes About Dunhuang”, in Ming Chen, Meng Wang, transl., The General Theory of Dunhuang Studies‎^[5], →DOI, →ISBN, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2:

     There are nine towns in Dunhuang, Shazhou Town, Mogao Town, Yueyaquan Town, Zhuanqukou Town, Qili Town, Yangguan Town, Suzhou Town, Guojiapuzhen Village and Huangqu Village.

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

Translations

town in western China

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 轉渠口／转渠口

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