Yuyang

Yu·yang
Y4U1Y4A1N1G2

proper noun

A district of Yulin, Shaanxi, China.

Scrabble 13

Meanings

Yuyang1

proper noun
  1. A district of Yulin, Shaanxi, China.

    Yuyang District of Yulin City is located in the northern part of Shaanxi Province. It has a land of 7,035 square kilometers and a population of 320,000.

    2007, Daniel A. Métraux, James W. Yoxall, “Poverty and Migrant Workers”, in The Problems Facing China Today: Politics, Economics, Health, and Religion, Edwin Mellen Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 103
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    Yuyang District is located in northern Shaanxi Province where the Maowusu Desert and Loess Plateau meet along the upper reaches of the Wuding River. It is named after the fact that elm was widely planted along this ancient border area. It is the political, economic, and cultural center of Yulin Municipality.

    2010, “Survey on the Left-behind Children in Huanggelao Village, Guta Township, Yuyang District, Yulin Municipality, Shaanxi Province”, in Left-Behind Children in Rural China, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 269

    Migrant workers who brought their children to live with them in Yulin's Yuyang district have been informed by provincial education bureau officials that they must now provide extra paperwork, including proof of purchase of compulsory pension insurance, before they can enroll them in local schools.

    2017 December 15, Qiao Long, Gao Feng, “Protests in Northern China As Migrants' Children Excluded From Schools”, in Luisetta Mudie, editor, Radio Free Asia, archived from the original on 15 Dec 2017

    Yuyang District, Yulin City of Shaanxi Province committed itself to the goal of "leaving no land uncultivated" by the end of the 12th Five-year Plan period and worked hard to achieve it.

    2019, Hao Ran, Zhen Yuan, “Issues in Land Circulation Through Contractual Land Management Systems in Rural China”, in Lin Li, He Tian, Yanbin Lv, editors, Rule of Law in China: A Ten-year Review (2002-2012), →ISBN, →ISSN, →OCLC, →OL, page 219

Yuyang2

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Youyang, Chongqing

    Liu Jen was born in Yuyang County, Szechwan Province, in 1909.

    1992, Joseph K.S. Yick, “LIU JEN”, in Edwin Pak-wah Leung, editor, Historical Dictionary of Revolutionary China, 1839-1976, Greenwood Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 229

Origin

  1. Mandarin榆陽 /榆阳
  2. EnglishYuyang

From Mandarin 榆陽 /榆阳 (Yúyáng).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 榆陽 /榆阳
  • 榆陽 /榆阳 (jyu⁴ joeng⁴)district
Chinese Mandarin 榆陽 /榆阳
  • 榆陽 /榆阳 (Yúyáng)district

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