Jingzhou

alternative Kingchow · alternative Ching-chou

1. A prefecture-level city of Hubei, China.

   He suspects it happened on his train journey home to celebrate the Lunar New Year in Jingzhou city, in central China's Hubei province.

   2020 February 22, “Coronavirus survivor recounts fear, confusion”, in France 24, archived from the original on 10 Mar 2020

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   The Reaſon why the Tartars have built a Citadel here is, becauſe it is a Rule with them to be Maſters of a City whoſe Situation renders it of Importance. It is a common Saying, that when one is poſſeſs'd of Kin-chew, he has the Key of China in his Hands.

   [1738, “PROVINCE VI. HU-QUANG.”, in A Description of the Empire of China and Chinese-Tartary, Together with the Kingdoms of Korea, and Tibet, volume I, London, translation of original by J. B. Du Halde, →OCLC, page 100

   Chingchou Prefecture, comprising several counties in Hupei Province, suffered a disastrous three years, and its tribulations were not unique. Massive floods rolled over one county in 1830, drowning hundreds of thousands and befouling the rice fields with sand. The dikes restraining the Yangtze River collapsed in a neighbouring county in 1831 and half the population starved to death. In 1832, the prefectural capital suffered a severe famine while, elsewhere in Chingchou, cholera struck down tens of thousands and the normal autumnal floods were unprecedently severe.

   [1963, Robert S. Elegant, “The Rich Impoverished, the Poor Starving”, in The Centre of the World: Communism and the Mind of China, London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., →OCLC, page 51

   Guokui, a Chinese flatbread, stars at this new Greenwich Village spot.[…]The restaurant’s owners, a group of Chinese entrepreneurs, wanted to introduce the version made in Jingzhou City, in Hubei Province, to a wider audience.

   2020 August 11, Florence Fabricant, “A Filled Chinese Flatbread Comes to Manhattan”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 Aug 2020, Off the Menu

2. A district of Jingzhou, Hubei, China.

   Jingzhou District is located in south-central Hubei Province. It has an area of 1,046 k㎡ and a population of 572,052 (yearend est.). The district is composed of three sub-districts, seven towns and a provincial economic development zone (Jingzhou Chengnan Economic Development Zone, Hubei Province).

   2013 August 29, “Administrative Division”, in Jingzhou China, archived from the original on 21 Sep 2023

   Synonyms: Jingsha

3. An economic and technological development zone in Jingzhou, Hubei, China.