Xiaochang

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 孝昌 (Xiàochāng).

Xiaochang

1. A county of Xiaogan, Hubei, China.
   • [1912, Northern China, The Valley of the Blue River, Korea‎, Hachette & Company, →OCLC, pages 386–387‎:

     Under the Han, territory of the Hsien of An-lu ; the emperor Hsiao-wu Ti of the Sung divided the latter in order to form the Hsiao-ch’ang Hsien, dependent on the Chün of Chiang-hsia.]

   • 2007, The China Business Handbook 2007‎, 10th edition, Shenzhen: Alain Charles Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 254:

     In mobile phone manufacturing, Rmb800m is being invested to set up a handset production base south of Xiaochang county.

   • 2015 February 27, Mandy Zuo, “Half-naked ‘mentally ill’ young woman rescued after family locks her up for five years”, in South China Morning Post‎, archived from the original on March 1, 2015:

     A group of internet users broke into an abandoned house in Xiaochang county, Hubei province, where she was kept after a local resident posted photographs showing her confinement on weibo earlier this week.

   • 2017 March 20, “In pics: spring scenery of Fengshan Town, China's Hubei”, in Xinhua News Agency‎, archived from the original on 24 May 2021:

     Aerial photo taken on March 18, 2017 shows cole blossoms in the fields in Fengshan Town of Xiaochang County, central China's Hubei Province.

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