Yangquan
English
Alternative forms
- (from Wade–Giles) Yang-ch'üan
- Yangchüan
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 陽泉/阳泉 (Yángquán).
Proper noun
Yangquan
- A prefecture-level city in Shanxi, China.
- [1977, K. P. Wang, Mineral Resources and Basic Industries in the People's Republic of China, Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 52:
- Yangchuan, the leading anthracite producer in China with twelve pairs of mine shafts, fulfilled its 1975 target forty-one days ahead of time and probably produced 7 to 9 million tons during the year.]
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