Pingli

See also: pínglǐ and pìnglǐ

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Etymology

From Mandarin 平利.

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  • IPA(key): /pɪŋ.li/

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Pingli

  1. A county of Ankang, Shaanxi, China.
    • 1949 July 14, “China Official Swears 'Win All Lose All' Fight”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), page 30.24-4383:
      Teng said a large number of Communists were striking westward from Sian, capital of Shensi province. He added the Nationalists had lost Pingli in southern Shensi after a battle in which both sides suffered heavy casualties.
    • 2017, Critical Mineral Resources of the United States: Economic and Environmental Geology and Prospects for Future Supply, number 1802, →DOI, →ISBN, →ISSN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 028, column 1:
      In Pingli County, Shaanxi Province, China, the Badao bone coal contains 41 to 75 ppm of selenium, with a mean concentration of 57.5 ppm. [] The local environment in Pingli County was found to contain soil with a mean concentration of 0.3 to 1.1 ppm selenium, and agricultural crops with concentration of 0.57 to 2.75 ppm selenium (Fang and others, 2003).
    • 2020 July 1, “Xinhua Commentary: At 99, CPC governance legitimacy shines brighter in time of global uncertainty”, in huaxia, editor, Xinhua News Agency, archived from the original on 01 July 2020:
      Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, inspects poverty alleviation work in a tea farm of Laoxian Township, Pingli County of the city of Ankang, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, April 21, 2020.

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