Gu County
Gu County or Guxian is a county in the south of Shanxi Province, China, under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Linfen. The county spans an area of 1,196 square kilometers, and has a population of 91,798 as of 2010.- Type: City with 40,900 residents
- Description: county of Shanxi, China
- Also known as: “An-tse”, “An-tse-ch’eng”, “An-tse-hsien”, “Chiu-an-tse”, “Gu Xian”, “Guxian”, “Guxian County”, “Ku Hsien”, “Ku-hsien”, “Yueh-yang”, and “Yueyang”
Gu County
- Categories: county of China and locality
- Location: Linfen, Shanxi, North China, China, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
36.2664° or 36° 15′ 59″ north
Longitude
111.9158° or 111° 54′ 57″ east
Population
40,900
Elevation
899 metres (2,949 feet)
Named after
因县政府驻地于岳阳镇，其旧名为“古县镇”，为唐岳阳县县治驻地，而得名
Open location code
8P8H7W88+H8
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=city
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Yue Chinese—“Gu County” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Gu Xian”
- Chinese: “Gǔ Xiàn”
- Chinese: “古县”
- Dutch: “Gu”
- French: “Gu Xian”
- French: “xian de Gu”
- French: “Xian de Gu”
- Gan Chinese: “古县”
- German: “Gu (Linfen)”
- German: “Gu”
- Italian: “Contea di Gu”
- Japanese: “古県”
- Korean: “구현”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Kó͘-koān”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gu”
- Norwegian: “Gu (Linfen)”
- Persian: “شهرستان گو”
- Russian: “Гусянь”
- Swedish: “Gu, Linfen”
- Swedish: “Gu”
- Urdu: “گو کاؤنٹی”
- Vietnamese: “Cổ, Lâm Phần”
- Vietnamese: “Cổ”
- Wu Chinese: “古县”
- Yue Chinese: “古縣”
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Places to explore: Xiangru and Longgang.
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Highlights: 古县广场 and 古县妇幼保健院.
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