Kaixian

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 開縣／开县.

Kaixian

1. (historical) Synonym of Kaizhou.
   • 2003 March 25, Yan Tan; Yi Qian Wang, “Rural resettlement and land compensation in flooded areas: The case of the Three Gorges Project, China”, in Asia Pacific Viewpoint‎, volume 44, number 1, DOI:10.1111/1467-8373.t01-1-00182, ISSN 1467-8373, OCLC 67071964:

     For this purpose, the peri-urban zone in Kaixian County of the Chongqing reservoir section […] These construction workers, mostly carpenters and tillers, are mainly from Fengle.

   • 2007 November 15, “China defends mega dam, guards against disaster”, in Reuters‎, archived from the original on 01 March 2023, Environment:

     A combo picture shows the demolition of the last county seat to be inundated by the Three Gorges reservoir, in Kaixian county of southwest China's Chongqing municipality, November 15, 2007. […] Kaixian was the last of Chongqing’s eight counties to finish relocation work for the project, the report said.

   • 2008, Asian and Pacific Migration Journal‎, volume 17, Scalabrini Migration Center, ISSN 0117-1968, OCLC 27347904, page 21:

     Fuji town, a peri-urban area of the new county seat of Luxian, received 81 migrant households (276 persons) from Fengle town (a peri-urban district of Kaixian county).

   • 2011, Dikötter, Frank, Mao's Great Famine‎, Bloomsbury, →ISBN, OCLC 701827257, OL 31978172M, pages 297-298:

     In Sichuan the rates were much higher. In Kaixian county, a close examination by a team sent by the provincial party committee at the time concluded that in Fengle commune, where 17 per cent of the population had perished in less than a year, up to 65 per cent of the victims had died because they were beaten, punished with food deprivation or forced into committing suicide.