Ankang

From Mandarin 安康 (Ānkāng).

• IPA^(key): /ˌɑːnˈkɑŋ/

Ankang

1. A prefecture-level city in Shaanxi, China.
   • 1934 August 11, The China Weekly Review‎, volume 69, number 11, OCLC 52770868, page 432, column 2:

     The Shensi Provincial Government has approved the plan of its Provincial Department of Reconstruction for the building of a highway to connect Sian city with Tsoshui, Chen-an and Ankang, in southeastern Shensi and another road from Shang-hsien past Ankang to link up with the Sian-Chingtsukwan and Hanyin-Paiho Highways. Survey work is to be started soon.

   • 1972, Shabad, Theodore, China's Changing Map‎, New York: Frederick A. Praeger, LCCN 71-178868, OCLC 482667885, page 230:

     The Han Shui valley in the extreme south, with the subregional towns of Hanchung and Ankang, and the entire northern section of Shensi remain without rail transportation.

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