Kangding

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See also: Kāngdìng

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Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 康定 (Kāngdìng).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɒŋ.dɪŋ/, /kɑŋ-/

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Kangding

  1. A county-level city in Garzê, Sichuan, southwest China
    • 2014 November 22, Christopher Bodeen, “Strong quake in west China kills 2; 54 hurt”, in AP News, archived from the original on 18 May 2022:
      The U.S. Geological Survey said the magnitude-5.9 quake hit Saturday about 30 kilometers (20 miles) from the town of Kangding in Sichuan province. China’s seismological agency put the magnitude at 6.3. []
      No major damage was reported in the town of Kangding, where CCTV video showed residents strolling the town’s streets, looking up at the steep surrounding hillsides and talking on their cellphones. []
      Kangding and the surrounding county have a population of 129,320 people, about 70 percent of them Tibetan.

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