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Qinzhou (simplified Chinese: 钦州; traditional Chinese: 欽州; Qīnzhōu; Wade-Giles: Ch'in-chow, older transliteration: Yamchow or Yen Chow) is a prefecture-level city on the Gulf of Tonkin in Guangxi in the People's Republic of China. Grain cultivation, hog husbandry, fruit growing and fishing are of significance in the surrounding areas. The area originally belonged to Guangdong. Qinzhou has a population of 944,000. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 585 pixelsFull resolution (1300 × 950 pixel, file size: 323 KB, MIME type: image/png) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Traditional Chinese (Traditional Chinese: 正體字/繁體字, Simplified Chinese: 正体字/繁体字) refers to one of two standard sets of printed Chinese characters. ... Wade-Giles, sometimes abbreviated Wade, is a Romanization (phonetic notation and transliteration) system for the Chinese language based on Mandarin. ... A prefecture-level city (地级市 Pinyin: dìjí shì, literally region-level city) or prefecture-level municipality is an administrative division of the Peoples Republic of China, ranking below a province and above a county in Chinas administrative structure. ... The Gulf of Tonkin is located to the south of China. ... Guangxi (Zhuang: Gvangjsih; old orthography: ; Simplified Chinese: 广西; Traditional Chinese: 廣西; Pinyin: GuÇŽngxÄ«; Wade-Giles: Kuang-hsi; Postal System Pinyin: Kwangsi), full name Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (Zhuang: Gvangjsih Bouxcuengh Swcigih; old orthography: ; Simplified Chinese: 广西壮族自治区; Traditional Chinese: 廣西壯族自治區; Pinyin: GuÇŽngxÄ« Zhuàngzú ZìzhìqÅ«) is a Zhuang autonomous region of... Not to be confused with the former Kwantung Leased Territory in north-eastern China. ...

Coordinates: 21°57′N, 108°37′E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...


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Qinzhou - Definition, explanation (130 words)
Qinzhou (Ch'in-chow, Yamchow) is a city with more than 100 000 inhabitants on the Gulf of Tongking in Guangxi in the People's Republic of China.
Qinzhou has an estimated 1 % of Christians among its residents.
Qinzhou Manganese Mine is an enterprise within the laogai system.
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