Gong County
Gong County or Gongxian is a county located in southern Sichuan Province, China. It is under the administration of Yibin city. It is mainly known to travelers for the hanging coffins, a site which dates back nearly 3,000 years and is attributed to the Bo people, who died out around 400 years ago.- City with about 339,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 830 metres (2,720 feet)
- Description: county
- Also known as“Gong”“Gong County, Sichuan”“Gongxian”“Kung Hsien”
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Latitude
28.442° or 28° 26′ 31″ north
Longitude
104.7082° or 104° 42′ 29″ east
Open location code
7PW6CPR5+Q7
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Wu Chinese—“Gong County” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Gong Xian”
- Chinese: “珙县”
- Chinese: “珙縣”
- Dutch: “Gong”
- French: “Comté de gong”
- French: “Gongxian”
- French: “Xian de Gong”
- Gan Chinese: “珙县”
- German: “Gong”
- Hakka Chinese: “Kiúng-yen”
- Italian: “Contea di Gong”
- Japanese: “珙県”
- Korean: “궁현”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Kióng-koān”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gong”
- Norwegian: “Gong”
- Persian: “شهرستان گونگ”
- Russian: “Гунсянь”
- Swedish: “Gong, Yibin”
- Swedish: “Gong”
- Vietnamese: “Củng, Nghi Tân”
- Vietnamese: “Củng”
- Wu Chinese: “珙县”
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