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Maqên

Maqên proper noun: a county of Golog prefecture, Qinghai, China.

Proper noun

Maqên

  1. A county of Golog prefecture, Qinghai, China.
    • Chinese state-backed firms have been mining minerals such as copper, steel and gold around Amnye Machen since 1993. However, run-off from these operations have contaminated waters and heavily damaged nearby and downstream ecology. Locals in Maqin county (རྨ་ཆེན་རྫོང་།) in Amdo Golog have repeatedly...[2024 August 20, Lobsang Gelek, “EXPLAINED: The impact of climate change on the Tibetan plateau”, in Boer Deng, editor, Radio Free Asia, archived from the original on 08 Sep 2024

Questions about Maqên

What does Maqên mean?
Maqên means a county of Golog prefecture, Qinghai, China.
What part of speech is Maqên?
Maqên is a proper noun.

Words near Maqên in the dictionary

  1. maquiroside
  2. maquis
  3. maquisard
  4. maquisards
  5. Maquoketa
  6. Maqên
  7. mar
  8. Mar Chiquita
  9. Mar del Plata
  10. Mar'ash
  11. mar-

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