Keping

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From pinyin romanization of Mandarin 柯坪 (Kēpíng).

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Keping

  1. Synonym of Kalpin: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
    • 1991 March 12, 5,000 Left Homeless by Xinjiang Earthquake[1], United States Joint Publications Research Service, page 96:
      Aftershocks continued to rattle Keping county in Xinjiang region, where the earthquake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale hit late Monday causing 10 million yuan (1.9 million dollars) in losses, a ministry statement said.
    • 2008, "Illegal Structure," Not "Mosque," Removed in Xinjiang[2], United States Department of State, page 2:
      The spokesman told reporters that he "double-checked with the relevant authorities," and found that some "peasants and herdsmen" in Keping County, Aksu, "made a construction" for personal religious use on land intended for agricultural use, thus making the construction illegal.
    • 2014 April 17, “Chinese police shoot man dead at checkpoint in Xinjiang”, in Reuters[3], archived from the original on 02 October 2020:
      The man, Abdul Basiti Abdulimiti, was a “terrorist” from Keping county in Aksu prefecture, the Aksu government said on its website.

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