ulan

plural ulans

1. alternativeAlternative form of uhlan.

1. A locality in the Mid-Western council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
2. A county of Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai, China.

   The lake is situated in Ulan county, Haixi autonomous prefecture, in western China’s Qinghai province. The blue skies reflected off the surface of the crystallised saline water have given it the name “Mirror of the Sky”, and it attracted millions of tourists in the first half of 2018.

   2018 July 31, Zhou Jiaquan, “Hordes of tourists damaging Chinese salt lake’s pristine environment with discarded plastic”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 31 Jul 2018, China

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   Forestry, animal husbandry and sideline occupations have also grown vigorously. (Chachia) commune in Wulan County has swept away the conservative idea that it is hard to hold two sheep with one hand, has persisted in taking animal husbandry as the main occupation and combining animal husbandry with farming, has brought about tremendous development in both animal husbandry and agriculture, and has contributed both livestock and grain to the state.

   [1976 January 7 [1975 December 30], “Tsinghai Tachai Conference Closes 30 Dec”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 4, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Sining Tsinghai Provincial Service, translation of original in Mandarin, →ISSN, →OCLC, People's Republic of China: Northwest Region, page M 6