Taigu

See also: tàigǔ

English

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 太谷.

Proper noun

Taigu

1. A district of Jinzhong, Shanxi, China, formerly a county.
   • [1966 January, Soong Ching Ling, Yuan Ling, “Sixteen Years of Liberation”, in China Reconstructs‎^[1], volume XV, number I, China Welfare Institute, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 7, column 2:

     Education docs not alienate the youth from their class and rural roots. Young school graduates in Taiku county, Shansi province, return to their home villages to become commune farmers.]

   • 2020 April 27, “Jinzhong city establishes Taigu district”, in China Daily‎^[2], archived from the original on 18 August 2022‎^[3]:

     The founding conference for the Taigu district of Jinzhong city in North China's Shanxi province was held on April 26, according to local officials.
     Earlier in December 2019, the State Council and Shanxi Provincial Government approved the readjustment of Taigu county into Taigu district. This covers 1,050 square kilometers in central Shanxi, governs 152 villages in six towns and three urban areas and has a population of 320,000.

Translations

district

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 太谷 (zh)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Anagrams

• aguti