Bei'an
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Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 北安 (Běi'ān).
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Bei'an
- A county-level city in Heihe, Heilongjiang, China.
- , volume XXI, number 1, China Welfare Institute, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1:
- Inside back: Wheat harvest at the Pei-an County State Farm, Heilungkiang province.]
- 2014, David Eimer, “Along the Amur”, in The Emperor Far Away: Travels at the Edge of China, Bloomsbury USA, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 297:
- Han and originally from Bei’an, a city further south in Heilongjiang known for its high-security jail, large psychiatric facility and a preponderance of criminal gangs, he was now running his own English school in Heihe.
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Further reading
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Bei’an”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World, 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 359, column 1