Meichuan
Meichuan is a town in Min County, Gansu, China. It was heavily hit by the 2013 Dingxi earthquakes. The town has historically been an important production location and marketplace for traditional Chinese medicines such as angelica, dangshen, and astragalus.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Town with 43,700 residents
- Description: human settlement in China
- Also known as: “Mei-ch’uan-chen”, “Meichuan Zhen”, “Meichuan, Min County”, and “梅川”
Meichuan
- Categories: town of China and locality
- Location: Dingxi, Gansu, Northwest China, China, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
34.54112° or 34° 32′ 28″ northLongitude
104.06691° or 104° 4′ 1″ eastPopulation
43,700Elevation
2,337 metres (7,667 feet)Open location code
8P66G3R8+CQOpenStreetMap ID
node 2393060202OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
1800877Wikidata ID
Q11114814
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Wu Chinese—“Meichuan” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Meichuan”
- Chinese: “梅川镇”
- Gan Chinese: “梅川镇”
- Japanese: “梅川鎮”
- Swedish: “Meichuan, Gansu”
- Swedish: “Meichuan”
- Wu Chinese: “梅川镇”
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