Shuozhou

alternative Shuo-chou

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

   The blast occurred Saturday at the Xishui Colliery in Shuozhou, a major coal mining area in Shanxi province.

   2005 March 21, “WORLD IN BRIEF”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 Jan 2024

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   In northernmost Shansi, Chang had pressed deeply inside the ancient Great Wall, taking first Ta-t’ung and then Shuochou. On May 8, Yen was finally able to mount a counteroffensive, which retook Shuochou and pushed Chang's Ankuochün back out of northern Shansi.

   [1976, Donald A. Jordan, “The Peking Campaign: Completion of the Military Unification”, in The Northern Expedition: China's National Revolution of 1926-1928, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 162–163

   All seven cities saw an increase in air pollution during January-May. Readings assessed showed an average concentration of hazardous airborne particles - known as PM2.5 - up by as much as 14.8% in Taiyuan, the provincial capital, and by 16.3% in Shuozhou.

   2019 June 20, David Stanway, “China coal hub Shanxi slams seven cities for pollution spike in 2019”, in Sherry Jacob-Phillips, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 21 Jun 2019, Environment