Documents for "Chinese Political Geography":

• Ürümqi or Urumchi , city (1994 est. pop. 1,130,300), capital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, NW China, in the Dzungarian basin. Ürümqi is an administrative and commercial center at the junction of several caravan routes from the Central Asian Republics, Lanzhou...

• A-k'o-su see Aksu , China.

• Aksu city (1994 est. pop. 193,700), SW Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China, on the Aksu River. The center of an oasis at the foot of the Tian Shan mts., it is a caravan hub on the Old Silk Road...

• Amoy see Xiamen , China.

• An-ch'ing see Anqing , China.

• Andong city, China: see Dandong.

• Anhui or Anhwei , province (1994 est. pop. 59,380,000), c.55,000 sq mi (142,450 sq km), E central China. Hefei is the capital. Anhui may be divided into two climatic areas. The northern half, within the N China plain and watered by the Huai and its tributaries (flooding is a common problem), is cold and dry...

• Anking see Anqing , China.

• Anqing or Anking , city (1994 est. pop. 318,300), SW Anhui prov., China. A port and trading center on the Chang River, it has petrochemical and oil refining industries. It was capital of the province until 1949. It...

• Anshan city (1994 est. pop. 1,251,700), central Liaoning prov., China, on a branch of the South Liaoning RR. Its huge integrated iron and steel complex is the largest in China. It comprises iron and coal...

• Anshun city (1994 est. pop. 205,600), W central Guizhou prov., SW China. A flourishing town during the opium traffic days, it is now an important market and commercial center. Among its products are...

• Antung former province (c.24,000 sq mi/62,160 sq km), NE China. The capital was Tonghua. It was bordered on the SE by the Yalu River, which separated it from Korea, and by the Bay of Korea. A part of...

• Anyang city (1994 est. pop. 458,400), N Henan prov., China, on the Beijing-Guangzhou RR, in a cotton-growing area. It is an agricultural and trade center with textile mills, coal mines, and a...

• Bakou see Pingquan , China.

• Baliqiao or Palikao , village, Hebei prov., China, near Beijing. There, in 1860, a British and French force that had recently occupied Tianjin defeated a Chinese army and invaded Beijing. China agreed to all Western...

• Baoding or Paoting , city (1994 est. pop. 519,200), central Hebei prov., China. It is a port on the Fu River and an agricultural distribution center, with food-processing and variety of other light industries. Baoding...

• Baoji or Paoki , city (1994 est. pop. 379,400), SW Shaanxi prov., China, on the Wei River. On the Longhai RR, it is an important junction point for the line to Chengdu, in Sichuan prov. It is also a newly...

• Baotou or Paotow , city (1994 est. pop. 1,032,900), Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region, China. A port and major trade center on the Huang He (Yellow River), it is connected by rail with Beijing, Lanzhou, the Republic...

• Beihai or Pakhoi , town (1994 est. pop. 135,500), Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, SE China, an important fishing and trade port on the Gulf of Tonkin. Opened to foreign investment and trade in 1984, the city has...

• Beijing or Peking , city (1994 est. urban pop. 6,093,300; 1994 est. total pop. 7,240,700), capital of the People's Republic of China. It is in central Hebei prov., but constitutes an independent unit (6,564 sq...

• Beipiao or Pehpiao , city (1994 est. pop. 200,700), Liaoning prov., China. It is a coal-mining center. The name sometimes appears as Pei-p'iao.

• Beiping see Beijing , China.

• Benxi or Pen-hsi , city (1994 est. pop. 805,400), S Liaoning prov., China. It is an important heavy industrial center with rich iron and coal mines. Founded as a metallurgical center in 1915, it lies on the railroad...

• Cambuluc see Beijing , China.

• Canton see Guangzhou , China.

• Caves of the Thousand Buddhas see Dunhuang.

• Ch'üan-chou see Quanzhou , China.

• Chahar former province (109,527 sq mi/283,675 sq km), N China. Zhangjiakou (Kalgan) was the capital. It was abolished as a province in 1952; most of it was incorporated in the Inner Mongolian Autonomous...

• Chan-chiang see Zhanjiang , China.

• Chang'an Xi'an.

• Chang-chia-k'ou see Zhangjiakou , China.

• Ch'ang-chou see Changzhou , China.

• Changchow see Changzhou , China.

• Changchun city (1994 est. pop. 1,810,400), capital of Jilin prov., China, on the railroad between Harbin and Dalian. An industrial city, it is one of the country's major center of transportation equipment...

• Changde or Changteh , city (1994 est. pop. 336,800), N Hunan prov., China, on the Yuan River. Formerly a treaty port, it is now an administrative center and a storage and shipping point for tung oil, grain, cotton,...

• Changkiakow see Zhangjiakou , China.

• Changsha city (1994 est. pop. 1,198,100), capital of Hunan prov., S China, on the Xiang River. The name, which means "long sandbank," is derived from an island in the river. Changsha is an agricultural distribution and market center, an important stop on the Beijing-Guangzhou RR, and a river port. The city's manufactures include...

• Changteh see Changde , China.

• Changzhou or Changchow , city (1994 est. pop. 683,300), S Jiangsu prov., E central China, on the Grand Canal. It is an agricultural, food, and textile center connected by rail with Shanghai and Nanjing. Other manufactures...

• Chankiang see Zhanjiang , China.

• Chao'an   Ch'ao-an, or Chaochow, China: see Chaozhou.

• Chaozhou or Chao'an , city (1994 est. pop. 231,800), E Guangdong prov., China, on the Han River. It is a transportation and trade center in a fertile agricultural region, with textile and apparel, machinery, porcelain,...

• Chapei see Shanghai , China.

• Che-chiang see Zhejiang , province, China.

• Chefoo see Yantai , China.

• Chekiang see Zhejiang , China.

• Chen-chiang see Zhenjiang , China.

• Cheng-chou see Zhengzhou , China.

• Chengchow see Zhengzhou , China.

• Chengde or Chengteh , city (1994 est. pop. 263,600), N Hebei prov., China, near the Luan River. It is a distribution center for lumber products, fruits, and pharmaceuticals, and has textile mills. Copper and coal...

• Chengdu or Chengtu, city (1994 est. pop. 1,932,800), capital of Sichuan prov., SW China, on the Min River. It is a port and the commercial center of the Chengdu plain, the main farming area of Sichuan. Its irrigation...

• Chenghsien see Zhengzhou , China.

• Chengteh see Chengde , China.

• Chengtu see Chengdu , China.

• Chia-hsing see Jiaxing , China.

• Chia-mu-ssu see Jiamusi , China.

• Chi'an see Ji'an , China.

• Ch'i-ch'i-ha-erh see Qiqihar , China.

• Chifeng city (1994 est. pop. 392,000), Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region, China. It is an agricultural distribution center, trading in wool, furs, hides, and grain. Coal and gold mines are nearby. It was...

• Chihli see Hebei , China.

• Chi-lin see Jilin , city, China.

• China Mandarin Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo [central glorious people's united country; i.e., people's republic], officially People's Republic of China, country (2000 pop. 1,295,000,000), 3,691,502 sq mi (9,561,000 sq km), E Asia. The most...

• Chi-nan see Jinan , China.

• Chinese Turkistan see Xinjiang.

• Chinghai China: see Qinghai.

• Ch'ing-tao China: see Qingdao.

• Ching-te-chen China: see Jingdezhen.

• Chin-hua China: see Jinhua.

• Ch'in-huang-tao China: see Qinhuangdao.

• Chi-ning China: see Jining.

• Chinkiang China: see Zhenjiang.

• Chinwangtao see Qinhuangdao , China.

• Ch'i-t'ai see Qitai , China.

• Chiu-chiang see Jiujiang , China.

• Chongqing or Chungking , city (1994 est. pop. 2,377,800), in SE Sichuan prov., China, at the junction of the Chang and Jialing rivers.With the surrounding rural area, it is a municipality (592 sq mi/1,534 sq km; 1994 est...

• Chou-shan Archipelago see Zhoushan Archipelago , China.

• Chuchow see Zhuzhou , China.

• Chu-hai see Zhuhai , China.

• Chungking see Chongqing , China.

• Chung-shan see Zhongshan.

• Chusan Archipelago see Zhoushan Archipelago , China.

• Dairen see Dalian , China.

• Dali city, W central Yunnan, on the shore of Erhai lake. It has long been famous for its Dali marble, which is still being produced.

• Dalian or Talien , Rus. Dalny, Jap. Dairen, city (1994 est. pop. 1,855,200), S Liaoning prov., China, on the Liaodong peninsula in the Bay of Korea. It has annexed Lüshun (Port Arthur), with which it was formerly combined into the joint municipality of Lüda. With a huge, well-protected harbor, modern freight-handling facilities, and fine rail connections, Dalian is...

• Dalny see Dalian , China.

• Dandong or Andong , city (1994 est. pop. 550,900), SE Liaoning prov., China, at the mouth of the Yalu River, opposite Korea. It is a port, connected by rail with Shenyang (Mukden) and with Sinuiju in North Korea. The...

• Datong or Tatung , city (1994 est. pop. 845,000), N Shanxi prov., China. It is an important industrial and railway center in a region of great coal deposits. A major, highly mechanized coal mine is there...

• Dihua see Ürümqi , China.

• Dunhuang or Tunhwang , town, extreme NW Gansu prov., China. Crescent Lake, a noted tourist attraction surrounded by high sand dunes, is there. The Caves of the Thousand Buddhas (Mogao Caves) are at nearby Qianfodong...

• Dzungaria or Junggar , physical region (c.300,000 sq mi/777,000 sq km) of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, NW China. It is a largely steppe and semidesert basin surrounded by high mountains (the Tian Shan in the south...

• East Turkistan see Xinjiang.

• Eastern Turkistan see Xinjiang.

• Far East in the most restricted sense, region comprising the countries of E Asia, namely China, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Mongolia, and Taiwan, and the easternmost portion of Russian Siberia (see Russian Far East ). In a more extended sense, the term includes the countries of Southeast Asia , including the Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Myanmar, Brunei, and Indonesia. Historically, it denotes those portions of the Asian continent and archipelagoes...

• Fatshan see Foshan , China.

• Fengjie or Fengkieh , city, E Sichuan prov., China. The city is on the Chang River at the beginning of the series of gorges that extends to Yichang, Hubei prov. There are sulfur and coal mines nearby.

• Foochow see Fuzhou , Fujian prov., China.

• Formosa see Taiwan.

• Fort-Bayard see Zhanjiang , China.

• Foshan or Namhoi , city (1994 est. pop. 368,500), E Guangdong prov., SE China, in the Pearl River delta. An industrial city c.10 mi (15 km) from Guangzhou, it is known for its silk and porcelain manufactures. The...

• Fowliang see Jingdezhen , China.

• Fu-chou Fujian prov., China: see Fuzhou.

• Fu-chou or Fuchow, Jiangxi prov., China: see Linchuan.

• Fuchow see Linchuan , China.

• Fujian or Fukien , province (1994 est. pop. 31,260,000), c.48,000 sq mi (124,352 sq km), SE China, on Taiwan Strait. The capital is Fuzhou. The climate is warm and very moist, the terrain mostly hilly or mountainous. Of the many ports on the heavily indented coast, Xiamen, the only one that can accommodate large vessels, handles most...

• Fukien see Fujian , China.

• Fushun city (1994 est. pop. 1,245,700), NE Liaoning prov., China, in a highly industrialized area. It is connected by rail with nearby Shenyang (Mukden) and with Dalian. Fushun's enormous open-pit coal...

• Fuzhou or Foochow , city (1994 est. pop. 952,300), capital of Fujian prov., China, a port on the Min River delta c.25 mi (40 km) from the coast. A regional commercial and fishing center that used to trade chiefly...

• Fuzhou city, Jiangxi prov., China: see Linchuan.

• Ganxian see Ganzhou , China.

• Ganzhou or Kanchow , city (1994 est. pop. 239,400), SW Jiangxi prov., China, on the Gan River. It is a large transportation, distribution, and commercial center. Fertilizer and wood products are manufactured in the...

• Gejiu or Kokiu , town (1994 est. pop. 216,400), S Yunnan prov., China. Site of the country's largest tin reserves, it is the great tin-mining center of China, with smelters and concentrating plants. Iron and coal...

• Guangdong or Kwangtung , province (1994 est. pop. 66,910,000), c.76,000 sq mi (196,891 sq km), S China. The capital is Guangzhou. On coastal islands and adjacent mainland territories are Hong Kong and Macao. The island of Hainan , once part of Guangdong, became a separate province in 1988. The hilly coastline is the longest of any province (constituting more than one fifth of the country's total coastline); the only real...

• Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region province (1994 est. pop. 44,550,000), c.85,000 sq mi (220,150 sq km), S China, bordering on Vietnam. The capital is Nanning. Guangxi is drained by the navigable Xi River and its many tributaries. It is in the double-crop agricultural belt, but because of the hilly and mountainous terrain only about 10% to 15% of the...

• Guangzhou or Canton , city (1994 est. pop. 3,113,800), capital of Guangdong prov., S China, a major deepwater port on the Pearl River delta.

• Guilin or Kweilin , city (1994 est. pop. 707,200), N Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, S China, on the Li River. It is a transportation center, with connections by rail, river, and road. Paper products, textiles,...

• Guisui see Hohhot , China.

• Guiyang or Kweiyang , city (1994 est. pop. 1,131,200), capital of Guizhou prov., SW China. On the main road from Kunming to Chongqing, it is also a rail (since 1959) and industrial center. Textiles, chemical...

• Guizhou or Kweichow , province (1994 est. pop. 33,800,000), c.66,000 sq mi (170,940 sq km), SW China. Guiyang is the capital and chief city; Zunyi and Duyun are important towns. Guizhou is almost entirely a high plateau, and its sheer limestone hills form some of the most spectacular karst scenery in the world. Guizhou has many deep river...

• Gulja China: see Yining.

• Haikou or Hoihow , city (1994 est. pop. 364,700), Hainan island, capital of Hainan prov., China. A seaport on Hainan Strait, it is the largest city on the island and an agricultural and light industrial center, with...

• Hailar city (1994 est. pop. 192,400), Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region., China, on the Hailar (Argun) River. It is an agricultural production center on the Chinese Eastern RR. Formerly known as Hulun,...

• Hainan island and province (1994 est. pop. 6,910,000), c.13,100 sq mi (33,940 sq km), China, in the South China Sea. The province, created in 1988, is coextensive with Hainan Island; Haikou is its capital, largest city, and major port. The second largest island off the China coast (Taiwan is the largest), Hainan is separated from the mainland (Liuzhou Peninsula) by Hainan Strait (c.30...

• Hanchung see Hanzhong , China.

• Handan or Hantan , city (1994 est. pop. 894,000), SW Hebei prov., China. Its position as a communication and transportation center has led to significant industrial growth. Nearby coal mines at Fengfeng provide...

• Hangchow see Hangzhou , China.

• Hangzhou or Hangchow , city (1994 est. pop. 1,184,300), capital of Zhejiang prov., E China. It is on the Fuchun River at the head of Hangzhou Bay and handles river traffic through its port. It is also a rail hub with...

• Hankou or Hankow , former city, since 1950 part of the Wuhan conurbation, E Hubei prov., China. Built on an alluvial plain on the left banks of both the Han and Chang rivers, it is the largest city in the conurbation and contains its port, a major facility...

• Hantan see Handan , China.

• Hanyang former city, now part (since 1950) of the Wuhan conurbation, E Hubei prov., China, on the right bank of the Han River at its junction with the Chang. It is a heavy industrial center. Hanyang was founded during the Sui dynasty (AD 581-618). It is...

• Hanzhong or Hanchung , city (1994 est. pop. 197,400), SW Shaanxi prov., China, on the Han River, near the Sichuan border. It is a major agricultural and trade center, with some timbering and light industry. The city was...

• Harbin Rus. Kharbin, city (1994 est. pop. 2,505,200), capital of Heilongjiang prov., China, on the Songhua River. It is the major trade and communications center of central Manchuria , the junction of the two most important railroads in Manchuria, and the main port on the Songhua. Part of the great Manchurian industrial complex of metallurgical, machinery, chemical, petroleum,...

• Hebei or Hopei , province (1994 est. pop. 63,660,000), 78,900 sq mi (204,404 sq km), NE China, on the Bohai, an arm of the Yellow Sea. The capital is Shijiazhuang. The province contains two autonomous...

• Hefei or Hofei , city (1994 est. pop. 866,800), capital of Anhui prov., China. A rapidly growing industrial city, it has textile mills, ironworks and steelworks, chemical and food processing plants, and a variety...

• Heilongjiang or Heilungkiang [Chin.,=black dragon river (the Amur)], province (1994 est. pop. 35,570,000), c.179,000 sq mi (463,730 sq km), NE China. The capital is Harbin. Heilongjiang constitutes the northern part of the region known as Manchuria (the Northeast) and is separated from Russia by the Amur River in the north and the Ussuri in the east, and is bordered...

• Heilungkiang see Heilongjiang.

• Hejiang or Hokiang , former province, c.52,300 sq mi (135,500 sq km), NE China. The capital was Jiamusi (Kiamusze). Created in 1945, largely out of the former province of Jilin, it was one of nine provinces...

• Henan or Honan , province (1994 est. pop. 90,050,000), c.65,000 sq mi (168,350 sq km), NE China. The capital is Zhengzhou. It is sparsely settled in the mountainous western region but densely populated and cultivated in the east. Although the climate is dry, the loess provides fertile soil. Henan is a major wheat and...

• Henanfu see Luoyang , China.

• Hengchow see Hengyang , China.

• Hengyang city (1994 est. pop. 543,100), central Hunan prov., China, on the Xiang River, at the mouth of the Lei River. It is the leading transportation center of Hunan, linking water, rail, and highway...

• Hengzhou see Hengyang , China.

• Hinggan   Hingan , or Hsing-an , former province (c.100,000 sq mi/259,000 sq km), NE China. The capital was Hailar. The region, a part of Manchuria, is bordered on the north by the Amur River and on the west by the Argun River;...

• Ho-chiang see Hejiang , China.

• Hofei see Hefei , China.

• Hohhot or Huhehot , city (1994 est. pop. 683,200), capital of the Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region, N China. The terminus of caravan routes to Xinjiang and to the Republic of Mongolia, Hohhot is also connected by...

• Hoihow see Haikou , China.

• Hokiang see Hejiang , China.

• Honan see Henan , China.

• Honanfu see Luoyang , China.

• Hong Kong Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov., SE China, on the estuary of the...

• Hongjiang or Hungkiang , town (1994 est. pop. 55,900), SW Hunan prov., China, a port on the upper Yuan River. It is a regional trade center with a variety of light industries. The name sometimes appears as...

• Hopeh see Hebei , China.

• Hopei see Hebei , China.

• Hotan or Khotan , city and oasis (1994 est. pop. 75,900), SW Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China, near the headstream of the Hotan River; the name sometimes appears as Ho-t'ien. It is the center of an area...

• Ho-t'ien see Hotan , China.

• Hsi-an China: see Xi'an.

• Hsiang-fan China: see Xiangfan.

• Hsiang-t'an China: see Xiangtan.

• Hsi-k'ang China: see Xikang.

• Hsin-hui China: see Xinhui.

• Hsi-ning China: see Xining.

• Hsinking China: see Changchun.

• Hsin-yang China: see Xinyang.

• Hsu-chou China: see Xuzhou.

• Huainan city (1994 est. pop. 769,200), N central Anhui prov., China. Established after 1949 as the center of China's chief coal-mining region, it is the site of a major colliery. Chemicals, iron, steel,...

• Huangpu or Whampoa , city, S Guangdong prov., SE China, on an island in the Pearl River. It is c.9 mi (14.5 km) SE of Guangzhou, of which it is an outer port; it has been enlarged and modernized since 1952 and now...

• Huangshan formerly Tunqi or Tunki , city (1994 est. pop. 118,200), SE Anhui prov., China. It is a light-industrial center in a major tea-growing region.

• Huangshi or Hwangshih , city (1994 est. pop. 538,400), E Hubei prov., China, on the Chang (Yangtze) River. It is a new industrial center, built after 1950, with a giant iron and steel complex supplied with iron from the...

• Hubei or Hupeh , province (1994 est. pop. 56,560,000), c.72,000 sq mi (186,480 sq km), central China. The capital is Wuhan (formerly it was Wuchang, which is now part of Wuhan). In this province the Chang River, flowing through the south, is joined by the Han River, coming from the northwest. At their junction lies...

• Hulun see Hailar ; China.

• Hunan [south of the lake], province (1994 est. pop. 63,050,500), c.80,000 sq mi (207,254 sq km), S central China, S of Dongting lake. Changsha is the capital. Largely hilly in the south and west, Hunan becomes an alluvial lowland in the Dongting basin in the northeast; the Xiang River, which traverses the province from north to south, and...

• Hung-chiang see Hongjiang , China.

• Hungkiang see Hongjiang , China.

• Hupeh see Hubei , China.

• Hwainan see Huainan , China.

• Hwaining see Anqing , China.

• Hwangshih see Huangshi , China.

• Ichang see Yichang , China.

• Ining see Yining , China.

• Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region Mandarin Nei Monggol zizhiqu, autonomous region (1994 est. pop. 22,170,000), c.455,000 sq mi (1,178,755 sq km), NE China. It is bounded on the north by the Republic of Mongolia and on the northeast...

• Ipin see Yibin , China.

• Jehol see Rehe , China.

• Jiading see Leshan , China.

• Jiamusi or Kiamusze , city (1994 est. pop. 548,600), E Heilongjiang prov., China. It is the chief port on the lower reaches of the Songhua River. The significant heavy and light industries of Jiamusi are centered...

• Ji'an or Kian , city (1994 est. pop. 163,800), central Jiangxi prov., China. It is a major commercial port on the Gan River and an important road hub and market center. Light industry in the largest sector of the...

• Jiangsu or Kiangsu , province (1994 est. pop. 68,310,000), c.41,000 sq mi (106,190 sq km), E China, on the Yellow Sea. Nanjing is the capital.

• Jiangxi or Kiangsi , province (1994 est. pop. 38,930,000), c.66,000 sq mi (170,940 sq km), SE China. Nanchang is the capital. The largely hilly and mountainous surface is drained by many rivers; the longest is the navigable Gan, which flows NE to Poyang lake. In Jiangxi's fertile soil and mild climate...

• Jiaxing or Kashing , city (1994 est. pop. 227,600), N Zhejiang prov., SE China, at the junction of the Grand Canal, the Huangpu River, and the Hangzhou-Shanghai RR. An important marketing center for rice and silk, it...

• Jih-k'a-tse see Xigazê , China.

• Jilin or Kirin , province (1994 est. pop. 25,150,000), 72,000 sq mi (186,528 sq km), NE China; one of the original Manchurian provinces. The capital is Changchun. It is bordered by Heilongjiang prov. and Russia on the northeast, by North Korea on the southeast, and by the Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region on the west. Jilin, crossed by the Songhua River and...

• Jilin jē´lĬn´ or Kirin kē´rĬn´ , city (1994 est. pop. 1,117,800), central Jilin prov., China, on the Songhua River. It is a shipping port, a railroad junction, and a commercial and industrial center, with large chemical plants...

• Jinan or Tsinan , city (1994 est. pop. 1,659,900), capital of Shandong prov., E China. It lies 3 mi (4.8 km) S of the Huang He (Yellow River) and is a railroad junction on the network linking Shanghai and Nanjing...

• Jingdezhen or Fowliang , city (1994 est. pop. 294,000), NE Jiangxi prov., China, on the Chang River. It is world famous for its fine porcelain, made since the Han dynasty (202 BC-AD 220) from the white clay, kaolin, found...

• Jinhua or Kinhwa, town (1994 est. pop. 164,000), central Zhejiang prov., SE China. A transportation hub on the Zhejiang-Jiangxi RR, Jinhua has been famous for two centuries for its hams. Other products are...

• Jining or Tsining , city (1994 est. pop. 180,500), Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region, China. It is an important railroad center at the junction of the system connecting Beijing and Lanzhou, with the line traversing...

• Jinsha formerly Shashi or Shasi , city (1994 est. pop. 683,000), S Hubei prov., China, on the Chang River. It is an important trade center for the N Dongting Lake basin and the site of a massive reservoir built to protect the...

• Jiujiang or Kiukiang, city (1994 est. pop. 322,300), N Jiangxi prov., China, on the Chang River, near Poyang Lake. A major river port, it is connected by rail with Nanchang. In a major tea-growing area, it is a large...

• Jungaria see Dzungaria , China.

• Junggar see Dzungaria , China.

• Kaifeng city (1994 est. pop. 535,300), NE Henan prov., China, on the Longhai RR. It is a commercial, agricultural, and industrial center. Manufactures include agricultural machinery, zinc, textiles,...

• Kalgan see Zhangjiakou , China.

• Kanchow see Ganzhou , China.

• Kangding or Kangting , city (1990 pop. 98,960), W Sichuan prov., China, in the Garze Tibetan Autonomous Region. It is a transportation center on the main road from Chengdu to Lhasa, Tibet. The development of a...

• Kangting see Kangding , China.

• Kansu see Gansu , China.

• Karamai see Karamay , China.

• Karamay or Karamai , city (1994 est. pop. 212,600), N Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China, in the Dzungarian basin. Since the discovery (1955) there of one of the largest oil fields in China, it has grown into an...

• Kashi or Kashgar , city (1994 est. pop. 190,500), SW Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China, on the Kaxgar (Kashgar) River (a tributary of the Tarim). It is the hub of an important commercial district, the western...

• Kashing see Jiaxing , China.

• Kharbin see Harbin , China.

• Khotan see Hotan , China.

• Kiamusze see Jiamusi , China.

• Kian see Ji'an , China.

• Kiangsi see Jiangxi , China.

• Kiangsu see Jiangsu , China.

• Kiating see Leshan , China.

• Kinhwa see Jinhua , China.

• Kirin see Jilin , prov., China.

• Kirin