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Longxi

Longxi is a county under the administration of the prefecture-level city of in the southeast of Province, China. Referred to in ancient times as Longxi Commandery, it is notably the origin of the Longxi Li lineage, from which the Tang dynasty's ruling House of Li descends.
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  • Type: City with 200,000 residents
  • Description: county
  • Also known as: “Gongchang”, “Gunchan”, “Kung-ch’ang”, “Kung-ch’eng”, “Kungchangfu”, “Longxi County”, “Lung-hsi”, “Lung-hsi-hsien”, “Lungsi”, “Lungsihsien”, and “巩昌镇”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gongchang.

Town
is a town in and the county seat of Longxi County, in southeastern province, . As of 2011 it has six residential communities and 25 villages under its administration.

Longxi

Latitude
35.0079° or 35° 0′ 28″ north
Longitude
104.63902° or 104° 38′ 21″ east
Population
200,000
Elevation
1,733 metres (5,686 feet)
Open location code
8P762J5Q+5J
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1706632221
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1802304
Wiki­data ID
Q1201581
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Wu Chinese—“Longxi” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Comtat de Longxi”
  • Chinese: “Lóng-se-koān”
  • Chinese: “Lǒngxī Xiàn”
  • Chinese: “襄武县”
  • Chinese: “陇西县”
  • Chinese: “隴西”
  • Chinese: “隴西縣”
  • Dutch: “Longxi”
  • French: “Comte de Longxi”
  • French: “Comté de Longxi”
  • French: “Longxi”
  • French: “xian de Longxi”
  • French: “Xian de Longxi”
  • Gan Chinese: “陇西县”
  • German: “Longxi”
  • Interlingua: “Longxi”
  • Italian: “Contea di Longxi”
  • Japanese: “隴西県”
  • Korean: “룽시현”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Lóng-se-koān”
  • Mirandese: “Longxi”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Longxi”
  • Norwegian: “Longxi”
  • Persian: “شهرستان لونگشی”
  • Russian: “Лунси”
  • Spanish: “Lŏngxī Xiàn”
  • Spanish: “Longxi”
  • Swedish: “Longxi”
  • Urdu: “لونگشی کاؤنٹی”
  • Vietnamese: “Củng Xương”
  • Vietnamese: “Lũng Tây”
  • Wu Chinese: “陇西县”

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