Nancun

Nancun is a township-level division of Chang'an District, , , . In 1977, a piece of ceramic created 5400–5500 years ago and designed to look like a silkworm was discovered in the area, providing the earliest known evidence of sericulture.
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  • Type: Town with 38,600 residents
  • Description: town in Hebei, China
  • Also known as: Nan-ts’un”, “Nan-ts’un-chen”, “Nancun Zhen”, “Nancun, Hebei”, and “南村

Places of Interest

Highlights include Shijiazhuang East.

Railway station
is a railway station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Changjiang Subdistrict and Xizhaotong.

Suburb
is a subdistrict of Yuhua District, , , People's Republic of China, located just within the 2nd Ring Road in the northern part of the city. is situated 2½ km southwest of Nancun.

Suburb
is a township-level division of Chang'an District, , , . is situated 4 km northwest of Nancun.

Town
is a town under the administration of Gaocheng City in southwestern province, , located approximately halfway between Shijiazhuang and Gaocheng and just south of G1811 Huanghua–Shijiazhuang Expressway. is situated 5 km east of Nancun.

Nancun

Latitude
38.06064° or 38° 3′ 38″ north
Longitude
114.63679° or 114° 38′ 12″ east
Population
38,600
Elevation
68 metres (223 feet)
Open location code
8PCP3J6P+7P
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1716016229
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1800128
Wiki­data ID
Q6962507
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Wu Chinese—“Nancun” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: Nancun
  • Cebuano: Nancun
  • Chinese: 南村镇
  • Gan Chinese: 南村镇
  • Japanese: 南村鎮
  • Persian: نانکون، هبئی
  • Persian: نانکون
  • Swedish: Nancun, Hebei
  • Swedish: Nancun
  • Turkish: Nancun, Hebei
  • Turkish: Nancun
  • Vietnamese: Nam Thôn
  • Wu Chinese: 南村镇

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