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Taocheng

Syllables: Tao·cheng

Taocheng proper noun: a district of Hengshui, Hebei, China.

taocheng: a district of Hengshui, Hebei, China
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Proper noun (1)

Taocheng

  1. A district of Hengshui, Hebei, China.
    • Hengshui City lies in the southeast of Hebei Province, between the east longitude 115°10’ ~ 116°34’ and the north latitude 37°03’ ~ 38°23’. It occupies 8,815 square kilometers with a population of 4.3 million. The Taocheng District where the municipal government is located is 250 kilometers away...2009, Li Zhanbing, “The City of Hengshui”, in Fu Yuhua, Florentin Smarandache, V. Christianto, editors, Cultural Advantages in China: Tale of Six Cities, InfoLearnQuest, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 39
    • For examples, the irrigation price for farmers to pay in Taocheng District of Hengshui City is increased by 0.15 RMB/m³ (from 0.35 to 0.5 RMB/m³), and, at the same time, the government grants a subsidy of 0.05 RMB/m³.2015, Yue Che, Zhaoyi Shang, “Water Pricing in Colombia: From Bankruptcy to Full Cost Recovery”, in Water Pricing Experiences and Innovations, →ISBN, →ISSN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 106

Proper noun (2)

Taocheng

  1. A town in Yanling, Xuchang, Henan, China, formerly a township.

Forms of Taocheng

alternative formT'ao-ch'eng

Origin of Taocheng

From the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 桃城 (Táochéng).

From the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 陶城 (Táochéng).

Questions about Taocheng

What does Taocheng mean?
Taocheng means a district of Hengshui, Hebei, China.
What part of speech is Taocheng?
Taocheng is a proper noun.

Words near Taocheng in the dictionary

  1. Tao Te Ching
  2. Tao Tsang
  3. Tao-Klarjeti
  4. tao-tieh
  5. Taobei
  6. Taocheng
  7. TAOCP
  8. taoiseach
  9. taoiseachs
  10. taoisigh
  11. Taoism

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