Pengyang
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Etymology edit
From Mandarin 彭陽／彭阳 (Péngyáng).
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Pengyang
- A county of Guyuan, Ningxia, China.
- 2004, Peter Ho, “The Wasteland Auction Policy in Northwest China: Solving Environmental Degradation and Rural Poverty?”, in Rural Development in Transitional China: The New Agriculture[1], →ISBN, →ISSN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 125[2]:
- Pengyang county was administered by Guyuan before 1988. In contrast to Guyuan, Pengyang is relatively wealthy. Farmers earn a considerable income through tobacco cultivation, which can yield an annual gross income of Rmb 1,500-2,000 per mu. In 1996, the cultivated area of tobacco in Pengyang was 11,000 mu.⁷
- 2007 December 4, “China wants Bali talks to back technology fund”, in Nick Macfie, editor, Reuters[3], archived from the original on 21 July 2022, Environment:
- A woman boils water in a kettle using solar energy panels at a village of Pengyang county, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, December 4, 2007. China wants rich economies to back a fund to speed the spread of greenhouse gas-cutting technology in poor nations as it seeks to persuade delegates at global warming talks the focus of responsibility belongs on the West.
- 2009, “Fuzzy Sets in Regional Development Analysis: A case study of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Western China”, in Huhua Cao, editor, Ethnic Minorities and Regional Development in Asia[4], Amsterdam University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 60:
- The southern counties were relatively less developed during 2002 to 2004. In 2002, there was only one county with a normal development level and there were two (Jixi and Jingyuan) that were at the 'undeveloped' level. This situation for the Southern Province worsened in 2003: four counties (Jixi, Jingyuan, Haiyuan and Pengyang) were at the 'undeveloped' level. In 2004, Pengyang County upgraded to 'underdeveloped'; however, the other three counties were still undeveloped.
- 2016, Lili Xun, “Intra-county Migration in Ningxia—A Case Study of Pengyang County and Xiji County”, in Ecological Migration, Development and Transformation: A Study of Migration ...[5], , →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 136:
- Pengyang County is on the rim of the south of Ningxia's Hui Autonomous Region. It is on the east side of Liupan Mountain.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Pengyang.