Songbei

Song·bei
S1O1N1G2B3E1I1

proper noun

A district of Harbin, Heilongjiang, China.

Scrabble 10

Meanings

proper noun

alternative Sung-pei

  1. A district of Harbin, Heilongjiang, China.

    Thirteen practitioners were arrested by the Songbei District Police Department in Harbin City on January 18, 2017.

    2018 January 5, “Twelve Falun Gong Practitioners Sentenced to Prison in Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province”, in Minghui.org, archived from the original on 08 Jan 2018, Accounts of Persecution
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    On August 30, 2007, 172 drivers submitted a petition to the Harbin Songbei District People's Court; when court proceedings were held on June 20, 2008, only 38 plaintiffs were present (of which 30 were professional lawyers). The Songbei District People's Court submitted a judicial suggestion to the related competent administrative department.

    2010, Jinrong Huang, “Public Interest Law in 2008”, in Lin Li, editor, The China Legal Development Yearbook, volume 4, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 284

    Between 2010 and 2015, the outer boundary expanded out to the Harbin Ring Expressway and sections surpassed the administrative boundary and spread over the northern border of Songbei District, constituting a significant change in the outer boundary. These changes reflected the growing effects of the Harbin urban core.

    2021 August, Yuan Wang, Yilong Han, Lijie Pu, Bo Jiang, Shaofeng Yuan, Yan Xu, “A Novel Model for Detecting Urban Fringe and Its Expanding Patterns: An Application in Harbin City, China”, in Land, volume 10, number 8, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 Oct 2024

Origin

  1. Mandarin松北
  2. EnglishSongbei

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 松北 (Sōngběi).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 松北
  • 松北 (cung⁴ bak¹)a district in northeastern China; a subdistrict in northeastern China
Chinese Mandarin 松北
  • 松北 (Sōngběi)a district in northeastern China; a subdistrict in northeastern China

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