Fengjie
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 奉節／奉节 (Fèngjié).
Proper noun
Fengjie
- A county of Chongqing, China.
- 2007 November 19, Jim Yardley, Zhang Jing, “Chinese Dam Projects Criticized for Their Human Costs”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 March 2009, Asia Pacific, page 5:
- For many farmers, the immediate concern is the land beneath their feet. Landslides are striking different hillsides as the rising water places more pressure on the shoreline, local officials say. In Fengjie County, officials have designated more than 800 disaster-prone areas. Since 2004, landslides have forced the relocation of more than 13,000 people in the county.
Translations
county in western China
Further reading
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Fengjie”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World, 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1215, column 2