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  2. Yuanyang County, Yunnan - Wikipedia

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    Gejiu is the major town to the north-east and also the capital of Honghe prefecture. 70 km (43 mi) directly to the north of Yuanyang lies Jianshui, a small city with interesting monuments. A few hours to the south-east of Yuanyang is Luchun, another major Hani minority settlement turned modern city.

  3. List of cities in Japan - Wikipedia

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    City (Special Ward) Japanese Prefecture Population Area (km 2) Density (per km 2) Founded Website Nagoya: 名古屋市 Aichi 2,327,557: 326.45: 6,860: 1889-10-01: Toyohashi

  4. List of Japanese prefectural name etymologies - Wikipedia

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    Green woods near the seaport at current Aomori City, called "aoi-matsu-no-ki-mori" (forest of blue pines), were used as landmarks for the ships that came into port, later shortened to Aomori (青森)→ blue forest. Chiba: 千葉県: Chiba-ken (千葉県) The name of Chiba Prefecture in Japanese is formed from two kanji characters. The first ...

  5. Administrative divisions of Japan - Wikipedia

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    A city designated by government ordinance (政令指定都市, seirei shitei toshi), also known as a designated city (指定都市, shitei toshi) or government ordinance city (政令市, seirei shi), is a Japanese city that has a population greater than 500,000 and has been designated as such by an order of the cabinet of Japan under Article ...

  6. Prefectures of Japan - Wikipedia

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    43 of the 47 prefectures are referred to as ken (県, pronounced when a separate word but when part of the full name of a prefecture, e.g. and become [aitɕi̥ꜜkeɴ]). The Classical Chinese character from which this is derived carries a rural or provincial connotation, and an analogous character is used to refer to the counties of China ...

  7. Place names in Japan - Wikipedia

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    Place names in Okinawa Prefecture are drawn from the traditional Ryukyuan languages. Many place names use the unique languages names, while other place names have both a method of reading the name in Japanese and a way to read the name in the traditional local language. The capital city Naha is Naafa in the Okinawan language.

  8. List of administrative divisions of Yunnan - Wikipedia

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    all Province-controlled city (P-City) → Prefecture-level city (PL-City) Civil Affairs Announcement all Prefecture-controlled city/town (PC-City/Town) → County-level city/town (CL-City/Town) 1983-09-09: parts of Qujing Prefecture: Kunming (PL-City) transferred: ↳ Yiliang County: ↳ Yiliang County: transferred ↳ Songming County: ↳ ...

  9. Honghe Hani Rice Terraces - Wikipedia

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    The total area stretches across 1,000,000 acres and four counties: Yuanyang, Honghe, Jinpin and Lüchun, although the core area of the terraces is located in Yuanyang County. In 2013, 16,603 hectares of the Honghe Hani Rice Terraces were listed as a World Heritage Site , because of their outstanding resilient construction, unique social ...