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Shimian County

Shimian County is both the southernmost and westernmost county in the prefecture-level city of , , China. The county seat, Miancheng Subdistrict, and the neighboring town, Xinmian, are often together referred to as Shimian.
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  • Type: City with 40,400 residents
  • Description: county
  • Also known as: “Shih-mien Hsien”, “Shimian”, and “棉城街道”

Shimian County

Latitude
29.2309° or 29° 13′ 51″ north
Longitude
102.3567° or 102° 21′ 24″ east
Population
40,400
Elevation
1,254 metres (4,114 feet)
Open location code
7PX469J4+8M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5036074434
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1795102
Wiki­data ID
Q1199878
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Wu Chinese—“Shimian County” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Shimian”
  • Cebuano: “Shimian Xian”
  • Chinese: “Chio̍h-biân-koān”
  • Chinese: “石棉”
  • Chinese: “石棉县”
  • Chinese: “石棉縣”
  • Dutch: “Shimian”
  • French: “Comte de Shimian”
  • French: “Comté de Shimian”
  • French: “Shimian”
  • French: “xian de Shimian”
  • French: “Xian de Shimian”
  • Gan Chinese: “石棉县”
  • German: “Shimian”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Sa̍k-mièn-yen”
  • Italian: “Contea di Shimian”
  • Japanese: “石棉県”
  • Korean: “스몐현”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Chio̍h-biân-koān”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Shimian”
  • Norwegian: “Shimian”
  • Persian: “شهرستان شیمیان”
  • Russian: “Шимянь”
  • Sichuan Yi: “ꊨꃀꇅꈄ”
  • Sichuan Yi: “ꏂꂴꑤ”
  • Spanish: “Shimian”
  • Swedish: “Shimian”
  • Tibetan: “ཧྲི་མན་རྫོང་།”
  • Ukrainian: “Шімянь”
  • Urdu: “شیمیان کاؤنٹی”
  • Vietnamese: “Thạch Miên”
  • Wu Chinese: “石棉县”

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